GREESNBORO, NC. A sustained surge in Class 8 orders this year, alongside projected growth in the long-haul sector of the trucking market, has the executives at Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) thinking the OEM's overhaul of its VNL tractor family – especially the addition of a 70-in. sleeper model – could not have come at a better time.
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">International Truck is taking its new A26 12.4L engine on the road to dealers throughout the North America with the launch of the International A26 Mobile Training Tour.
The tour is scheduled to visit more than 100 International Truck dealer locations to provide an up close and personal opportunity for sales, parts, and service personnel, and customers to experience the newly designed engine. Trainers will be on hand to demonstrate the increased fuel efficiency, reduced noise, lower weight, and focus on uptime as they teach the ins and outs of the engine. The tour consists of two trailers and is scheduled to run through the spring of 2018.
"Since its introduction, the International A26 engine has continued to impress with its outstanding fuel economy and light weight while providing the highest level of uptime for our customers," said Michael Cancelliere, president, truck, and parts. "We are excited for our dealers and customers to learn just how impressive this engine is firsthand."
Unveiled at the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting in February, the A26 started shipping in new trucks in late June.
The mobile tour will spend two days at each dealer location and provide a series of training sessions, which will include hands-on engine disassembly and component identification. Many dealerships will also be holding A26 engine customer training events concurrent with sales training.
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...Read the rest of this storyIn response to devastation and widespread flooding caused by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey, Love's Travel Stops announced it is giving a total of $1 million to help with mid- to long-term relief and recovery efforts.
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Double Coin and CMA have introduced the IM105 Intermodal radial tire designed for intermodal container chassis providers, manufacturers, and the intermodal freight industry.
The IM105 container chassis tire is a fuel efficient, SmartWay Verified, and CARB Compliant low-rolling resistant tire. It has been engineered with additional ozone protection, designed to last up to 12 years and is backed by CMA's standard warranty.
The IM105 is available in 2 sizes: 11R22.5 and 295/75R22.5, both with Load Range G and an 8.25 RIM listing.
“When a customer is buying a new chassis or refurbishing an old chassis, the IM105 is the perfect replacement for bias-ply tires – meeting both federal safety and fuel efficiency standards,” said Thomas Rozuk, CMA's regional fleet manager. “The IM105 radial tire also delivers exceptional value that will benefit an intermodal operation.”
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...Read the rest of this storyMercedes-Benz Actros tractor used to demonstrate Daimler's Highway Pilot Connect autonomous technology on German roads. Photo: David Cullen
">Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor used to demonstrate Daimler's Highway Pilot Connect autonomous technology on German roads. Photo: David Cullen
">Despite the argument that some sort of self-driving truck will become an everyday reality before any self-driving car does, legislation that would ease the application of autonomous driving technology to commercial trucks has so far failed to gain traction on Capitol Hill.
While the House on Sept. 6 passed via a bipartisan voice vote a bill that could help speed the development of self-driving cars, the legislation makes no mention of commercial vehicles.
The Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act aims to assist the rollout of fully self-driving cars by allowing federal pre-emption of state authority so that automakers can be exempted from any safety standards deemed not applicable to self-driving technology. In addition, the bill would permit the deployment of up to 100,000 self-driving cars annually over the next several years.
It has been reported that commercial vehicles were cut out of the measure as a sop to labor unions that see self-driving trucks as a threat to jobs. Indeed, the Teamsters lobbied hard this summer to keep trucks out of the House self-driving bill.
"It is vital that Congress ensure that any new technology is used to make transportation safer and more effective, not used to put workers at risk on the job or destroy livelihoods," Teamsters President James P. Hoffa said in a statement at the time.
Meanwhile, the Senate has yet to take up a bill on any kind of self-driving vehicle. However, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will hold a hearing next week on “Transportation Innovation: Automated Trucks and our Nation's Highways” that will look into the benefits of the technology as well as why ...Read the rest of this story
EROAD announced a new integration with FourKites enabling real-time truck and load location visibility and status updates.
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...Read the rest of this storyNational Carriers, Inc. announced Alfredo Tapia Martinez of Liberal, KS, has been named NCI Driver of the Month for July 2017.
Martinez owns and operates a truck within the NCI Livestock Division. He attended Seward County Vocational Technical School in 2000 earning his CDL and joined National Carriers through its lease purchase program upon graduation.
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