YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — One month after Daimler Trucks North America announced it had taken a minority stake in Zonar Systems, executives with both companies shed light on their shared telematics strategy.
July 29, 2015Business
DTNA Declines to Participate in Navistar’s Fuel-Economy Challenge
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — An executive with Daimler Trucks North America said the company does not plan to participate in the industrywide fuel-economy challenge issued by Navistar Inc. earlier this month.
July 28, 2015Business
All New UPS Class 8 Tractors Will Have Collision Mitigation (with video)
NORWALK, Ohio — With more than 50 years of accident-free driving combined, UPS Inc.’s Bill Lazarski and Paul Savill said it is unnatural for them to speed or tailgate.
July 27, 2015Business
UPS Makes Collision-Mitigation Technology Standard on Class 8 Tractors It Orders
NORWALK, Ohio — UPS Inc. announced it is making collision-mitigation technology from Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems standard equipment on every Class 8 tractor the company orders.
July 22, 2015Business
Volvo Becomes Second OEM to Pull Out of MATS Next Year
Volvo Trucks has become the second truck manufacturer to decide against exhibiting at the Mid-America Trucking Show next year.
July 6, 2015Business, Technology
Daimler Takes Minority Stake in Zonar
Daimler Trucks North America announced June 25 it has taken a minority stake in Zonar Systems Inc., expanding a relationship started earlier this decade with the Virtual Technician remote diagnostic platform.
June 25, 2015Business
Notebook: Volvo Connects Ocean With Trucking, Touts Growing Market Share
NEWPORT, R.I. — Trucking and an ocean race may not immediately seem like a natural combination. However, the two have proved to be a perfect match.
May 20, 2015Business
Volvo Execs Share Concerns Over Expected GHG Proposal
NEWPORT, R.I. — Göran Nyberg, president of Volvo Trucks in North America, said there is one key element the federal government should remember as it finalizes its new greenhouse-gas emissions rule proposal for heavy-duty trucks.
May 19, 2015Business
Volvo Details 2016 Fuel-Economy Gains, SuperTruck Development
NEWPORT, R.I. — Executives with Volvo Trucks said model-year 2016 trucks will offer higher fuel economy through continued aerodynamic and powertrain adjustments.
May 18, 2015Business
MATS Organizers Say They Have Not Considered Making Event Biennial
Organizers of the Mid-America Trucking Show said they have investigated expanding the show’s length.
May 14, 2015