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Q. How Many Different Types of Inverters Does Xantrex Offer for Heavy Duty Trucks?

A. Xantrex offers a variety of inverter options for all classes of trucks. From a Class 8 perspective, Xantrex inverters are offered as factory option by the leading heavy duty truck brands. In terms of power range, 1500-watts to 2000-watts inverters are very popular with fleets and truck drivers. We offer inverters from 400-watts to 6000-watts. Our truck product line includes standalone inverters, inverters with built-in charger and battery monitoring equipment. We offer a wide variety of SINE WAVE inverters which means the power supplied by the inverter is just like the power at home. All of our inverters are compliant with UL458 safety and regulatory standards and meet TMC's RP 163 recommendations.

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Celadon Quarterly Profit Sinks 86.5%, Fiscal Year Earnings Also Fall

The trucking operation Celadon Group Inc. (NYSE: CGI) on Thursday reported sharply lower earnings Thursday for both its fiscal fourth quarter and year-end results.

The Indiana-based fleet saw quarterly income fall 86.5% from the same time a year earlier to $1.6 million, or to 6 cents per share from 47 cents.

Revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% to $264.3 million, while freight revenue, which excludes fuel surcharges, increased 8.2% to $241.7 million. Operating income fell 74.7% to $5.4 million.

According to the company, the decline in net income and earnings per share for the quarter was attributable primarily to three factors. The largest was an approximately $7.8 million drop in gain on disposition of equipment. In addition, Celadon recorded insurance claim adjustments of approximately $3.5 million. Finally, the combination of industry overcapacity and sluggish freight volumes negatively affected its average revenue per loaded mile.

“The trucking environment during the June quarter was characterized by lackluster freight volumes, plentiful industry-wide capacity in most markets, and significant rate pressure from customers during contractual negotiations,” Celadon said in a news release. “These factors negatively impacted our average revenue per total mile by approximately 1% compared with the 2015 quarter, and average miles per seated tractor declined by approximately 2.4%.”

Celadon also said a 20% decline in spot market freight rates from a year earlier hurt its quarterly numbers.

Like several other trucking companies that recently announced quarterly numbers earlier, Celadon said it cut the size of its fleet, shedding 274 trucks, or 5.4% compared from the previous quarter. However, the average company tractor count increased by 60 trucks to 3,258 from 3,198 in the same quarter of 2015.

For its 2016 fiscal year, ending June 30, Celadon reported net income dropped 33.2% from fiscal 2015 to $24.8 million. Earnings per share fell to 64 cents from $1.52.

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‘True connectivity’ a key feature of new Cascadia

Detroit Connect Analytics offers operational insights to fleet customers COLORADO SPRINGS. Along with all of the hardware innovations designed to position the new Freightliner Cascadia as the best fleet truck on the market, a new connectivity platform will provide customers with important insights about their vehicles and help them make critical business decisions.

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Freightliner unveils brand new Cascadia

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Freightliner may have drawn on a familiar name when unveiling the 2018 Cascadia, but the company's newest truck promises to boost fuel economy, improve driver comfort, and leverage electronic tools like never before. “We have changed almost everything on this truck,” says Richard Howard, senior vice president – sales and marketing for Daimler Trucks North America, referring to the 2018 Model Year designs that begin production in early 2017. “Starting with the best truck is the best place to start.” It has already attracted some of North America's biggest truck buyers, too. The first 2018 Cascadias have been purchased by 12 fleets that collectively operate more than one out of every four of the previous Cascadia models. Canada's Bison Transport is among those buyers. ...Read the rest of this story