Volvo Trucks

Liter Fever: The battle between 13-liter and 15-liter engines

The dust has settled, and two engines dominate today’s North American heavy-duty truck market. Which one is right for you? For all the styling cues and creature comforts manufacturers design into today’s trucks, nothing defines the vehicle’s pure essence and purpose more than the engine resting ...

By Jack Roberts Published January 3, 2013

Up Front

OEMs bullish on 2012 truck sales As equipment replacement drives truck demand, what will it take for carriers to expand their fleets? By any measure, 2011 was a good year for truck manufacturers. Class 8 North American truck sales last year were up roughly 53 percent. When ...

By Jeff Crissey Published February 1, 2012

Wired to Roll

5 ways consumer tech is impacting the trucking industry While eating dinner at a truckstop, a driver for U.S. Xpress uses an iPhone to select his next load. With corporate connectivity outside the cab, the driver gets his top choice in loads, and U.S. Xpress accelerates ...

By Aaron Huff Published November 1, 2011

Equipment

The future is here – and it’s optimized Volvo’s XE13 powertrain helps maximize fuel economy One of the fun parts of my job is getting to see new technologies come to fruition. And during a ride-and-drive event last month, I saw firsthand how intelligent drivetrains soon will ...

By Jack Roberts Published November 1, 2011

Equipment in Focus

Changes loom for truck, engine designs Variety of technologies needed to curtail emissions further President Obama, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with considerable cooperation from the trucking industry, have set ambitious fuel economy requirements for heavy trucks to achieve by 2017 ...

By John Baxter Published October 6, 2011

Journal

First-ever heavy truck fuel economy standards on the way Average truck price likely to climb more than $6,000 Work trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles will, for the first time, have to trim fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions under new fuel efficiency standards. The White House ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2011

The path of least resistance

Smart fleets are searching for savings with aerodynamic tractor-trailer combinations The concept of aerodynamics dates back hundreds of years and includes contributions from great minds like Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton and the Wright Brothers. But it’s only been within the past 25 years or so ...

By Jack Roberts Published September 1, 2011

Journal

U.S., Mexico formalize cross-border program Mexican drivers must have EOBRs, be tested for drugs U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation Dionisio Arturo Pèrez-Jàcome Friscione on July 6 joined in Mexico City to sign agreements resolving the long-running dispute between the United ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 5, 2011