U.S. and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales started 2015 with slow growth and are ending the year in the same fashion, according to a recent report from ACT Research. Not surprisingly, the group attributes the falloff to the continuing decline of diesel prices, making the return on investment for adopting of natural […]
Car shopping destination Edmunds.com has rolled out a new product that will give dealers an inside track to connect with the hundreds of thousands of Edmunds users who rely on the site every month to appraise their vehicles. The tool, called Edmunds MyAppraise, gives dealers a convenient new channel to build used car inventory and […]
Ford has announced that it will deploy Auto Start-Stop technology across the entire lineup of EcoBoost®-equipped F-150 pickups in 2017. The 2016 F-150 with 2.7-liter EcoBoost engine already comes standard with Auto Start-Stop. That offering continues for 2017, with the addition of the technology as standard equipment for all3.5-liter EcoBoost engines including the all-new high-output […]
Heavy duty vehicle lift leader, Stertil-Koni, a brand of the Stertil Group, has announced that its U.S. production facility located in Streator, IL, Stertil ALM, has completed a planned 36,000 square foot expansion designed to deliver enhanced flow and efficiencies in the production of the company’s highly regarded heavy duty in-ground vehicle lifting systems. The […]
Recent forecasts indicate that the U.S. economy grew less than 1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015. According to the CNBC Rapid Update, fourth quarter results are 0.8 percent, down two-tenths of a point from the previous forecast. The highly regarding financial news network reported that some sources are even more pessimistic. For example, […]
EpicVue, providers of premium in-cab satellite TV packaged exclusively for the trucking industry, has announced that Kennesaw Transportation is outfitting its entire fleet of more than 200 tractors with EpicVue inMotion. The decision to provide the latest version of the highly popular in-cab satellite TV system was announced to drivers at the company’s annual holiday […]
In what could reshape the “sharing economy, starting next month, Ford Credit is offering leases on Ford vehicles to self-organized groups of three to six people, in Austin, Texas. Here’s how it works: Starting next month, Ford Credit is offering leases on Ford vehicles to self-organized groups of three to six people, in Austin, Texas. […]
Wind River®, a a leader in delivering software for the Internet of Things (IoT), is teaming with Ricardo to deliver solutions for autonomous driving. Wind River will provide advanced automotive software systems, as well as architectural and engineering support. Ricardo will deliver expert integration with the physical vehicle systems. “The rise of autonomous driving will […]
BMC, with headquarters in Atlanta, is one of the nation’s leading providers of building materials and construction services. The company recently selected XL Hybrids to help increase the sustainability of the its fleet vehicles. The XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System is deployed in the company’s delivery fleet to increase miles driven per gallon and reduce […]
As the price of oil per barrel drops to 11 year lows, about $33/barrel, the price of gas at the pump is now below $2.00 per gallon in many parts of the U.S, or more precisely at $1.988 vs. $1.996 one week ago and $2.182 last year at this time. The news in fuel prices […]
