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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: DC test proves high-tech tools save lives
HANOVER, Germany -- Technology can save many lives, says DaimlerChrysler Commercial Vehicles chief Andreas Renschler, but European truck operators not unlike their North American counterparts -- are not buying into that idea at a terribly fast pace.
Volvo launches I-Shift electronic automatic transmission
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Volvo Trucks North America has announced that its acclaimed 12-speed automated manual transmission, I-Shift, will soon be available in North America. Orders are being taken now for Q2 delivery in all Volvo truck models, including the Volvo VN and Volvo VT highway tractors, and the Volvo VHD vocational truck.
ArvinMeritor displays Clean Air Solutions portfolio
HANOVER, Germany -- Making good on a previously stated goal to increase market share in the commercial vehicle emissions solutions industry, ArvinMeritor has unveiled a portfolio of original equipment aftertreatment products in Europe called its Clean Air Solutions.
