Caterpillar Sees Virus Pain Intensifying After Profit Trails
The world’s biggest maker of mining and construction equipment is predicting that the pain from the coronavirus crisis is far from over.
April 28, 2020Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Efforts to Prevent Clogged Diesel Particulate Filters Include Low-Ash Engine Oil, Ensuring Fuel Quality
As engine oil suppliers develop new formulations to protect diesel engines and enhance their efficiency, some are paying particularly close attention to the performance of exhaust aftertreatment systems.
April 28, 2020Mack Reports Parts Distribution Centers Operating as Normal
Mack Trucks announced it is encouraging customers and dealers to order parts as they normally would and in a normal quantity, and Mack parts distribution centers will continue to fulfill orders on a typical schedule.
April 27, 2020Clean Energy Fuels Offers Cost Calculator to Fleets
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it launched an online calculator to estimate the cost of transitioning an individual vehicle or an entire fleet to natural gas from diesel fuel.
April 24, 2020Michigan’s Extended Order Keeps Auto Industry’s Restart in Limbo
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended her stay-home order another two weeks to May 15 and kept the state’s carmakers and suppliers in limbo over how soon they’ll be able to reopen.
April 24, 2020East Offers Customized Rendering Trailers
Trailer maker East Manufacturing announced it customizes rendering trailers to meet the specific needs of an application.
April 24, 2020New Technologies Target Trailer Efficiency
Class 8 power units may get all the attention, but trailers are coming into their own in terms of aerodynamic innovations that enhance fuel efficiency.
April 24, 2020Keeping Trucks Rolling Amid Pandemic
American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council is now serving as a conduit of information as to how maintenance operations can sustain, protect and facilitate trucking’s critical role in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic.
April 24, 2020Fan Drive Technology Is Evolving to Meet the Needs of Modern Engines
When exhaust-gas recirculation became the technology to meet the heavy-duty truck emissions standards, underhood temperatures skyrocketed and put extreme pressure on cooling fan drives and belts. Fleets now can spec a variety of variable-speed and electronically controlled fan drives.
April 24, 2020US Durable Goods Orders Plunge Most Since 2014 on Pandemic
U.S. orders for durable goods declined in March by the most since 2014 as the coronavirus and slumping oil prices reverberated through the manufacturing sector and spurred cancelled orders for Boeing Co. airplanes.
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