Sustainability
Freightliner delivers first turnkey CNG truck with vacuum body
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Freightliner Trucks has delivered what it claims to be the first turnkey natural gas truck upfitted with a vacuum body. Developed in collaboration with VAC-CON, the Freightliner Business Class M2 112V Compressed Natural Gas...
Truck dealers voice concerns about US fuel economy standards
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Proposed fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks must be "appropriate, cost-effective and technologically feasible" as well as uniform across the country, Kyle Treadway, chair of the American Truck Dealers told...
Navistar nearly ready to certify International MaxxForce at 0.2 g NOx (November 05, 2010)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Navistar International will soon certify its heavy-duty engines at 0.2 g/hp-hr NOx but it will not roll those engines out to industry for as long as possible, until it has exhausted its collection of emissions credits.
WWF to keep Volvo accountable with ‘ambitious’ emissions-cutting goals
GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- The Volvo Group has joined the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Climate Savers Program - the world's first vehicle manufacturer to do so, according to company officials. As a partner of the environmental organization,...