Aluminum-wheel supplier Alcoa reported improved first-quarter financial results and boosted its 2015 outlook for the North American heavy-duty truck market.
April 9, 2015BusinessEquipmentAutonomous
Volvo Trucks Offers Tridem Axle on VNX Heavy-Haul Model
Volvo Trucks said it is now offering its VNX 630 model with a tridem rear axle group to maximize traction and payload.
April 9, 2015BusinessEquipmentSafetyLogisticsAutonomous
Daimler Trucks North America Recalling Some Model-Year 2015 Freightliner, Western Star Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling some model-year 2015 Freightliner and Western Star trucks due to a possible brake problem, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a recall announcement.
April 8, 2015BusinessEquipment
Cummins to Revamp ISX15 Engine to Meet Federal 2017 GHG Rules
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An updated Cummins’ ISX15 diesel engine will be among the new products the independent engine maker plans to introduce in 2017, the year the federal government will next tighten greenhouse-gas emission ceilings, the company announced here.
March 30, 2015Special CoverageBusinessEquipment
Alcoa Rolls Out Corrosion-Resistant Aluminum Wheel
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Wheel manufacturer Alcoa unveiled a highly corrosion-resistant lightweight aluminum wheel, the Dura-Bright EVO, March 26 at the Mid-America Trucking Show here.
March 26, 2015Special CoverageBusinessEquipment
Continental Hypes General Tire’s 100th Birthday
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— Continental AG, a giant German manufacturer with more than $35 billion in annual revenue, used its time here at the Mid-America Trucking Show to boost attention for one of its smaller brands, 100-year-old General Tire.
March 26, 2015Special CoverageBusinessEquipment
Clinton Blackburn Named Goodyear's Highway Hero
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Clinton Blackburn of Morehead, Kentucky, who is credited with saving the life of a jailer who was transporting a prisoner that escaped, was named Goodyear's 32nd Highway Hero at the Mid-America Trucking Show on March 26.
March 26, 2015Special CoverageBusinessEquipment
Next GHG Rule Unlikely to Force Major Changes in Engine Architecture, Cummins Exec Says
COLUMBUS, Ind. — Today’s heavy-duty truck engine architecture with diesel particulate filters, exhaust gas recirculation and selective catalytic reduction aftertreatment will not need to change dramatically under the next round of federal greenhouse-gas standards, an executive at engine maker Cummins Inc. predicted.
March 26, 2015Special CoverageBusinessEquipment
Wabco Unveils OnGuardACTIVE Collision-Mitigation System
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Truck-controls vendor Wabco introduced an enhanced collision-mitigation system that uses a 77 GHz radar that the company said maintains performance in all weather situations and provides longer-range detection than competing systems that use 24 GHz radar.
March 25, 2015Special CoverageBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous
Bendix Introduces Wingman Fusion Warning-Control System
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced Wingman Fusion, an integrated warning and truck control system that combines several capabilities into one safety alert-control package.
March 25, 2015