The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 3Â released its long-awaited final rule on stability control, saying it will affect Classes 7-8 trucks in two years.
June 3, 2015Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
NHTSA Releases Electronic Stability Control Rule
Business, Equipment
Parts Supplier Dex Opens Facility in North Carolina
Dex Heavy Duty Parts, a Volvo Group subsidiary that supplies recycled, renovated and surplus truck parts, has opened a facility in Advance, North Carolina.
June 1, 2015Business, Equipment
Goodyear Offers New Tires, Roadside Service at Three Retread Plants
Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems has opened sales and service departments at its retread plants in Bremen, Georgia; Vernon, California; and Walnut, California.
May 29, 2015Business, Equipment
Accuride to Supply Daimler Trucks With Gunite Brake Drums
Component maker Accuride Corp. signed a multiyear agreement with Daimler Trucks North America to supply its cast-and-machined Gunite brake drums to Daimler’s aftermarket parts group.
May 28, 2015Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
White House Completes Review of Heavy-Vehicle Electronic Stability Control System Rule
The White House Office of Management and Budget has completed its review of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s final rule on electronic stability control systems for heavy vehicles, bringing it a step closer to publication.
May 27, 2015Business, Equipment
Aveda Transportation to Buy Oil-Field Carrier Hodges Trucking
Calgary, Alberta-based Aveda Transportation and Energy Services Inc., which provides oil-field hauling services and equipment rentals to the energy industry, said it signed a purchase agreement to buy Oklahoma City-based Hodges Trucking Co.
May 26, 2015Fuel, Business, Equipment
TT Archives: V-E Day
The Allies victory in Europe sparked hopeful comment among trucking industry officials about the easing of war-time restrictions on the production of new commercial vehicles and shortages of parts, tires and motor fuel.
May 25, 2015Business, Equipment
New Class 8 Registrations Up 13%; Total US Fleet Size Hits 3.82 Million
Initial registrations of new Class 8 trucks rose 13% in the first quarter compared with the same period last year but declined sequentially for the second straight quarter, IHS Automotive reported.
May 25, 2015Business, Equipment, Autonomous
April Class 8 Sales Rise 15%
Heavy-duty truck sales climbed 15% in April from a year earlier and surpassed the 20,000 mark for the fifth time in eight months after reaching that level only one other time since 2006, according to WardsAuto.com.
May 18, 2015Government, Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment
Former DOT Chief to Congress: Raise Gas Tax 10¢, Index it
WASHINGTON — A way for Congress to ensure long-term funding for the country's highway system would be to approve a 10-cent gas tax increase and index the tax to inflation, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Transport Topics May 13.
May 13, 2015