ORLAND PARK, IL – The 18-wheel CVSN Pinewood Challenge will be held in conjunction with Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) ‘10 in Las Vegas, Nev. The CVSN Pinewood Challenge will be part of an all-industry reception held during HDAW on 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in the Mirage Event Center.
According to the report " Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use", by the US National Research Council (NRC), electric cars offer few, if any, overall savings compared with oil-powered vehicles.
The report puts figures on the non-climate related costs of US energy production from a range of pollutants.
Norfolk Southern Corp. recently announced it has enhanced its online Green Machine carbon footprint “analyzer,” which lets shippers calculate the environmental impacts of moving freight by rail or truck.
The analyzer now features a carbon offset calculator to compute the estimated monetary value of reducing carbon emissions by switching freight from truck to rail.
Shippers can enter a move’s freight tonnage and length of haul and the calculator will determine the value based on carbon offsets’ current market price.
Paccar Parts has honored Fleetline and Nu-Line as its 2008 supplier of the year for their quality fenders, excellent service to customers and dealers and timely delivery of parts.
Every year, Paccar Parts selects a top supplier based on the following criteria: availability of parts, quality of materials, operation efficiency, level of support provided to customers and level of support provided to Paccar Parts employees and dealers.
BAE Systems and Navistar Defense have completed its critical design review (CDR) for the U.S. multi-service Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program. The CDR was part of BAE System's 27-month contract to develop JLTV technology.
With the completion of the CDR, the companies can begin vehicle integration, assembly, test and checkout (IAT&C) activities to deliver test vehicles to the government by May 2010.
The heavy-duty U.S. truck fleet contracted slightly in the third quarter, shrinking back to its size in the first quarter of 2009, but used-truck sales volumes strengthened in the quarter, according to a Nov. 17 report by R.L. Polk.
The total U.S. Class 8 fleet closed the third quarter at 3.63 million units, down from 3.64 million vehicles on June 30, and 3.65 million at the end of 2008, according to Polk & Co., which is based in Southfield, Mich. The decline between the second and third quarters equaled 0.2 percent.
U.S. truck tonnage fell 5.2 percent in October, yet posted the best year-over-year performance since November of last year, as analysts said signs of a lasting economic recovery were uneven.
The October slip to 103.6 in American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted index was an improvement over the 7.3 percent year-over-year decline in September, but total tonnage still fell for the 13th straight month. Tonnage dipped 0.2 percent from September to October, and 0.3 percent from August to September.