Stuttgart / Portland, OR. - The American Daimler subsidiary Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as fully compliant with the new “Greenhouse Gas 2014” (GHG14) regulation for its complete product portfolio of model year 2013 long-distance haulage, medium duty, construction and municipal vehicles.
DTNA’s compliance has been achieved [...]

Beijing – Within the framework of their partnership in China, Mercedes-Benz Trucks and the Chinese construction machinery manufacturer Zoomlion Heavy Industry are intensifying their cooperation. Last Saturday they signed a letter of intent (LoI) for the delivery of 2,500 Mercedes-Benz trucks. The letter of intent concerns heavy-duty Mercedes-Benz Actros 3341 and 4141 truck models.
The Chinese [...]

This came about when, just a few years before retiring from Renault Trucks, Dominique became fascinated by Antonio’s graduation project. For he had imagined an off-road truck for 2030, 12 m long and 6 m high designed to carry hydrogen - a new “fuel” - to those parts of the planet which no longer have [...]

Novi, MI – Hino Trucks’ “INSIGHT”, the most advanced web-based location and telematics solution in the medium duty commercial truck market, was named one of Heavy Duty Trucking’s Top 20 new products for 2011.This year’s best-of-the-best new products from 2011 were selected from hundreds of products and services and were judged on their innovation, ability [...]

KIRKLAND, Wash. – Kenworth Truck Company and PACCAR Financial is offering an Extended Warranty Program through March 31, 2012, for U.S. customers who purchase new Kenworth Class 5-7 factory or dealer stock units that meet eligibility requirements.
Kenworth customers may receive a 2-year / 200,000-mile basic vehicle extended warranty by choosing PACCAR Financial to finance purchases [...]

In Germany, Renault Trucks has densified its network since the summer of 2011, with four new service partners. In the south of the country, two outlets have been inaugurated: one near Ulm (Ludwig Kurz Autohaus Gmbh) and the other in the suburbs of Regensburg (Hackl Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh). Renault Trucks has also raised its visibility in [...]

Vilvoorde - Komatsu Europe International introduces the HM400-3 articulated truck. With a unique and completely redesigned traction control system, automatic retarder and Komatsu’s new engine emission technology, combined with an optimized cabin layout and increased durability, the HM400-3 is a comfortable, highly productive and low cost production unit.
The HM400-3 features a gross vehicle weight of [...]

Stuttgart/Lienz – A million kilometres, accumulated in short-radius distribution work on Austria’s Alpine roads – no problem at all for the Mercedes-Benz Atego 917, as our example from the company BS Transport in the Austrian village of Tristach shows. Still with its original engine and never having needed repairs other than as required during regular [...]

ROSEBUD, Mo. – Tracy Bogler remembers the stories. How his grandfather started the family’s delivery business with a one horsepower machine. “Well, if you consider horses as machines, you’re accurate,” said Bogler with a smile. “My grandfather started his delivery business with horse and wagon delivering clay from Chamois, Mo., to Farbar, Mo. – a [...]