Truck News

#MATS: Volvo hybrid truck, Mean Green, to attempt world speed record

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Who said hybrids can’t be fast? Volvo had Mean Green, the world’s fastest hybrid truck and its record setting owner and driver, Bojje Ovebrink, at its booth here and used the event to announce an attempt to...

#MATS: Daimler Trucks unveils new Elite Support Dealer Service Network program

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has launched Elite Support, a collaborative program between DTNA and its truck dealers, focused on improving the customer experience at Freightliner and Western Star branded...

#MATS: Detroit creates new options for its StepUP service program

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Detroit will offer new StepUP overhaul options for EPA ’07 Series 60® and MBE 4000 engines starting in Spring 2012.

#MATS: WABCO bringing its latest tire pressure monitoring tech to North America

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- WABCO Holdings Inc. is making its new IVTM integrated monitoring of tire pressure on trucks, trailers and buses technology available in the North American market.

#MATS: Utility significantly reduces pollutants in trailer manufacturing

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Trailer manufacturer Utility Trailer reports that it has reduced over 20% of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and over 87% of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPS) in its manufacturing processes.

#MATS: Utility expands dry van capacity with 2nd assembly line in Glade Spring

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Responding to a booming trailer market, Utility Trailer Manufacturing Co., is adding a 2nd assembly line at its Glade Spring, Virginia dry van manufacturing facility.

#MATS: Utility introduces new double deck loading system

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The driver shortage and slim profit margins have fleets looking to place more freight on trailers.  Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company is responding with a new optional double deck loading system for dry van...

#MATS: Meritor launches new 6×2 tandem axles, improved support programs

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Meritor has introduced a new FUELite 6x2 tandem axle, which the company says will reduce weight and save fuel to the tune of 2%.

#MATS: Paccar’s truck, engine businesses eye growth in 2012

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Paccar announced at the Mid-America Trucking Show that it has deployed more than 20,000 trucks with its own MX engines, with a current backlog of another 6,000 units in the pipeline.

COMPETITION WATCH: Bison expands B.C. presence with terminal purchase

WINNIPEG, Man. -- Bison Transport has acquired a “turn-key” trucking terminal in Langley, B.C., the company announced. The centrally-located 20,310-sq. ft. facility is located on 6.15 acres in the northwest Langley industrial area...

NAFTA trade totals reach record levels in 2011 at $904 billion

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface transportation trade between Canada, the US and Mexico increased by 14.3% in 2011 compared to 2010, valued at $904 billion in 2011, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the US Department of...

#MATS: Truck News wins eight TWNA Communication Awards

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Truck News editors walked out with an armful of awards at last night’s Communication Awards banquet, held during the Mid-America Truck Show in Louisville, Ky., winning eight total. The awards, organized by the Truck...

#MATS: Chevron offers new natural gas engine oil

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Chevron has announced the availability of a new engine oil for mobile natural gas engine applications.

#MATS: Peterbilt makes stability standard, offers new options on highway tractors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- If introducing the new Model 579 wasn’t enough, Peterbilt also announced a series of enhancements across its broad product line at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

#MATS: International makes a statement at MATS, hits MaxxForce milestone

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Navistar International took out a massive amount of floor space at the Mid-America Trucking Show, to which Jim Hebe, senior vice-president, North American sales operations declared “This is a message.”