Category: Engines & Drivetrains

Navistar Supports Technician Training and Recruitment Through its Tech EMPOWERment Program

Navistar Supports Technician Training and Recruitment Through its Tech EMPOWERment Program

| January 14, 2022

Navistar Makes First Equipment Donation in Canada through TECH EmPOWERment Initiative Navistar announced its first equipment donation to Canadian technical programs through the TECH EmPOWERment initiative. While the program has already donated numerous pieces of equipment to technical programs around the U.S., the fourth quarter of 2021 saw the first donation to technical colleges in […]

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UVeye’s Vehicle Inspection Systems Keep Fleets Safe and On The Road

UVeye’s Vehicle Inspection Systems Keep Fleets Safe and On The Road

| January 13, 2022

Automated camera-based vehicle inspections are faster and more accurate than traditional service lane checks used by most fleet operators Automated vehicle-inspection-system pioneer UVeye is providing fleet operators in the U.S. with a fast, accurate way to detect costly vehicle problems that often are missed by drivers and service technicians. High-speed inspection systems can reduce repair […]

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NACFE Issues First Run on Less – Electric Report

NACFE Issues First Run on Less – Electric Report

| January 13, 2022

Documenting a Real-World Electric Trucking Demonstration Trucking is in the midst of a transformation as regulatory and societal pressures are causing the industry to look at ways to produce fewer emissions and lower its carbon footprint. While advancements in diesel engine technology have greatly reduce particulate emissions and NOx, to meet sustainability goals, will require […]

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Lightning eMotors All-Electric Fleet Crosses 1 Million Mile Benchmark

Lightning eMotors All-Electric Fleet Crosses 1 Million Mile Benchmark

| January 13, 2022

Milestone includes only real-world, 100% zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) miles Lightning eMotors provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announced that its customer fleets have surpassed one million miles driven. The million-mile milestone represents Lightning’s on-road, fully electric, customer-owned and operated fleet vehicles. When Lightning’s former low-emission powertrains are included, the company’s customer-owned […]

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CV Industry Facing Omicron Variant, Starting 2022 with Unfinished 2021 Units

CV Industry Facing Omicron Variant, Starting 2022 with Unfinished 2021 Units

| January 11, 2022

ACT Research reports COVID risks have increased materially threatening manufacturing activity in Q1, inclusive of NA commercial vehicles According to ACT’s latest release of the North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK, in the short term, COVID risks have increased materially, as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues its global sweep, and reports indicate growing strains on […]

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Six Future Mobility Trends from IDTechEx Research

Six Future Mobility Trends from IDTechEx Research

| January 11, 2022

The rapid pace of change has been enabled by technological leaps in the underlying componentry and materials, from Li-ion batteries to LiDAR As a leading market intelligence provider, IDTechEx has provided insights on mobility trends for 20 years. In this time, electric vehicle start-ups have moved from obscurity into some of the world’s most valuable […]

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