Trucks

Meritor reaffirms commitment to aftermarket

TROY, Mich. -- Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems marked its 20th anniversary by emphasizing its strategies to grow its aftermarket business.

Battery technology needs breakthrough for electric vehicle sales to amp up

TORONTO -- Widespread use of electric vehicles and plugging in, instead of fuelling up, could just be a dream until a breakthrough is made in battery technology.

Major market hurdles persist for truck sellers

LAS VEGAS -- For OEMs, maybe the worst isn't over after all. Could new truck sales in 2010 actually be less inspiring than the massive sales crater left in 2009?

Virtual Realities: Truckmakers driving down global highway

LAS VEGAS -- The Asians are coming. The North American trucking market may be in the dumps, but that doesn't mean new truckmakers from overseas emerging markets don't want a piece of it, says one global truck analyst speaking at the Heavy Duty Dialogue in Las Vegas.

Truck prebuy pushing profits

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Paccar overcame the worst truck market in modern history to reach its 71st consecutive year of net profit, but revenue in 2009 was still a sliver of the 2008 total.

PTR taps former Wabash exec

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Provincial Trailer Rentals has hired Mark Diamantopoulos as VP of sales development.

Navistar mixes it up

LAS VEGAS -- Navistar introduced Continental Mixers to its portfolio of brands at the annual World of Concrete trade show this week in Las Vegas.

Paccar engine plant nears readiness; MX introduced

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- PACCAR's 12.9-litre MX diesel will be on sale by this summer in Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, and production will gradually move from the company's engine plant in Eindhoven, Netherlands to a new US$400-million factory just finished in Columbus, Mississippi.

Mitfuso trucks hit six figures

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck has sold its 100,000th truck in North America.

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Western Star trucks get DD’s off-road Series 60

FORT MILL, S.C. -Detroit Diesel's Series 60 Tier III engine package is being made available in Western Star Trucks off-road vocational applications.

ArvinMeritor expands Mexican wing

MONTERREY, Mex. -- ArvinMeritor announced the opening of its doors today to a new aftermarket parts distribution centre in Cienega de Flores, a suburb in Monterrey, Mexico.

Navistar, NASA testing trucking aerodynamics

CHICAGO -- Future aerodynamic technology current being tested by NASA and Navistar could save the trucking industry nearly $10 billion annually.

Western Star gets its own engineering division

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Daimler Trucks North America says it has created a separate engineering unit dedicated to its flagship vocational brand, Western Star Trucks.

Arvin brake shoe coating wins trucking editors’ choice

ARLINGTON, VA. -- ArvinMeritor's PlatinumShield Brake Shoes has been recognized by the Truck Writers of North America (TWNA) as the top technical achievement for 2009.