PORTLAND, Ore – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced the appointment of Dave Giroux as director, public relations and corporate communications. In this newly created senior role, he is responsible for DTNA’s public relations strategy, internal and external corporate communications, as well as media relations for its industry-leading family of Freightliner, Western Star, Detroit Diesel, [...]

Tata Motors has received its largest order ever of Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles from a single fleet owner. The order is from Siddhivinayak Logistics Ltd. (SVLL) to supply 1,111 M&HCV trucks, to be delivered during the year.
Based in Surat, SVLL is one of the largest fleet owners in the country, owning a fleet of [...]

PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced the appointment of Dave Giroux as director, public relations and corporate communications. In this newly created senior role, he is responsible for DTNA’s public relations strategy, internal and external corporate communications, as well as media relations for its industry-leading family of Freightliner, Western Star, Detroit Diesel, [...]

Since Independence in 1971 good relations are maintained between Japan and Bangladesh as Japan helped Bangladesh in its independence war. More than 90 percent of Bangladesh imported cars, trucks, buses are reconditioned or used cars, mainly from Japan. Despite the high cost of transportation, the purchase of used cars and other vehicles from Japan to [...]

Toyota City, Japan — Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has redesigned the two-ton “Dyna” and “Toyoace” light-duty, cab-over trucks. The vehicles are scheduled for launch in Japan on July 2.
The Dyna and Toyoace have new and advanced features—including an available diesel-hybrid system—facilitating improved fuel efficiency and cleaner emissions as well as highly reliable safety performance. [...]

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Mazda Motor Corporation has freshened the Mazda Titan light-duty truck for the Japanese market. Sales begin at all Mazda and Mazda Anfini dealers nationwide.
The updated Titan’s efficient diesel engine delivers substantially improved emissions performance, enabling the truck to meet Japan’s Post New Long-Term Emissions Regulations without the need for an aqueous urea [...]

Brisbane Mahindra Automotive Australia (MAA), a Joint Venture between Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), one of India’s leading auto brands and TMI Pacific, launched its new range of Pick Up Trucks with the powerful mHawk diesel engine and Eaton’s Mechanical Locking Differential (MLD), allowing it to take on virtually any terrain with ease. The [...]

Kawasaki - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading truck manufacturers, has now added a 4WD model to the new Canter light-duty truck line, further expanding the versatility of the new generation vehicle unveiled last year.
Starting sales in the Japan market, the new 4WD Canter light-duty truck model complies with the [...]

Arlington, Va. – An internationally recognized safety researcher said the cache of studies submitted in an extraordinary manner by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to support its flawed hours-of-service proposal contained many problems and couldn’t be relied on to support the agency’s proposed changes.
Dr. Ronald R. Knipling, the former head of FMCSA’s research division [...]

Arlington, Va. – American Trucking Associations and the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association together called on the federal government to begin researching how standards for crashworthiness for heavy trucks could benefit America’s professional truck drivers.
“NHTSA has continuously developed crashworthiness standards for automobiles and light trucks, but to date has generally not applied crashworthiness standards to [...]