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Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway project completes third season
YELLOWKNIFE, NWT - The third season of construction has been completed on the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway - a 120-kilometer all-weather highway that will offer a land connection to Tuktoyaktuk for the first time. Today, the only way to get there is by airplane.
Fuel economy, automation among 2017 Kenworth highlights
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO -- Most of Kenworth's trucks roll off the assembly line at Chillicothe, Ohio, so it was only fitting that the manufacturer showed off its 2017 lineup by rolling vehicles past the facility's front gates. Maybe "gliding" would be a better word. Enhanced fuel economy is clearly driving some of the most recent updates.
Mack testing zero-emission drayage trucks
GREENSBORO, NC - Mack is testing Class 8 drayage trucks capable of producing zero emissions as part of a California-based project looking to reduce air pollution at "freight-intensive" locations. And the work will receive funding through a $23.6-million grant from the state, it was announced during the recent Advanced Clean Technology (ACT) Expo.
Kenworth plant takes cabs higher, predicts healthy market
CHILLICOTHE, OH - Kenworth cabs are heading to new heights thanks to a second storey being added to a production facility in Chillicothe, Ohio. The $17-million building-on-building will soon hold painted parts like cabs and hoods, which to this point have been stored outside. Think of it as an automated vending machine for cabs, which are lifted into the space until being lowered back onto the line when they're needed. "That is to be commissioned in November to avoid another winter of having cabs in the snow," plant manager Judy McTigue said during a briefing to industry media today. "We'll have employees doing more value-added activity as opposed to tugging product around."
