Business

DTNA, Zonar Outline Expanded Telematics Partnership

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
July 29, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
July 28, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
July 27, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
July 22, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
July 6, 2015
Business, 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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
June 25, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
May 20, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
May 19, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
May 18, 2015
Business

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.

Neil Abt | Editorial Director
May 14, 2015