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Service (mis)management, area by area: Sound familiar?
A poorly managed vehicle service event can have costly consequences throughout an organization, so predictability should be the focus of any maintenance plan, explains Michael Riemer, vice president of products and channel marketing for Decisiv.
March 12, 2014
Vocational
Work Truck Show: Final Day
March 7, 2014
Class 3-6
Exxpand solution targets van storage needs of mobile techs
Sortimo by Knapheide used this week’s Work Truck Show to announce the release of their newest van equipment storage solution, Exxpand. Designed for today’s mobile technicians, Exxpand’s flexibility in configuration makes it easy for customers to organize their vans and optimize their operations, the company said.
March 7, 2014
Class 3-6
Nissan testing electric van with FedEx
Nissan will send one of its new fully-electric vans to FedEx Express by month’s end as the package delivery behemoth looks to further shrink its carbon footprint. Evan Fulton, Nissan Planner – Light Commercial Vehicle said at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Ind. Thursday that FedEx will test the 100 percent electric compact cargo […]
March 6, 2014
Vocational
Odyne Hybrid Electric Power Available For Medium-Duty Trucks
Odyne Hybrid electric system works on-road for better engine fuel economy and while stationary to provide auxiliary electrical power
March 6, 2014
Vocational
Work Truck Show: Day 2
March 5, 2014
Vocational
Q&A: Mobil Delvac talks natural gas, next-gen oil
Prior to the Technology Maintenance Council’s annual Meeting, CCJ talked to Lilo Hurtado, applications engineer, ExxonMobil Fuels and Lubricants, about natural gas engine oil and the upcoming introduction of the low viscosity oil category. CCJ: Tell us about the new engine oil for natural gas engines Exxon Mobil will introduce at TMC. Hurtado: Mobil Delvac CNG/LNG […]
March 5, 2014
Vocational
OnStar teams with Telogis to help customers manage GM fleet vehicles
General Motors has partnered with Telogis Inc. to provide fleet customers a one-of-a-kind telematics solution that provides actionable data to help control costs, increase safety and enhance fleet operations, the companies said Wednesday.
March 5, 2014
Class 3-6
Ram Cargo Van sets sales record, truck sales best since 2006
Sales of the Ram pickup truck were up 26 percent in February, its 46th-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains and its best February sales since 2006. Ram Light Duty sales increased 30 percent in February, while Ram Heavy Duty pickups were up 19 percent. Shipments of the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel began in February. RELATED: Ram […]
March 3, 2014
Vocational
Fun Trucks Friday: Farewell Harold Ramis tribute edition
For those of us natural-born slackers of a certain age, Harold Ramis – comic, writer, actor and director – gloriously chronicled the path of least resistance that we follow so compulsively. So what more could we could offer in honor of his passing – one last really futile and stupid gesture – except to feature a collection of his most absurd movie vehicles here on a Fun Trucks Friday.
February 28, 2014
Vocational
Obama pushes infrastructure funding plan, touts construction jobs
Calling for bipartisan support of transportation infrastructure investment, President Obama on Wednesday proposed a 4-year, $302 billion plan that would both shore-up the failing highway trust fund and increase federal spending — just one announcement in a busy day of reauthorization discussion and debate.
February 27, 2014
Vocational
Fun Trucks Friday: a more Raptor Raptor, space-truckin’, a pitcher’s Freightliner
The mailbag is overflowing with Fun Trucks Friday follow-up tips, so this week let’s reconsider: A more Raptor Raptor; Luke Skywalker, trucker; baseball players with too much money (but cool trucks); and the U.S military is looking a for a few good medium duty vehicles. Keep those cards and letters and e-equivalents coming.
February 21, 2014
Vocational
5 fleet focus areas for cost savings
GE Capital Fleet Services says it identified $481 million in potential cost savings for customers in 2013, with customers realizing $209 million in actual savings as a result.
February 20, 2014
Vocational
Obama launches new round of truck fuel economy standards, a ‘win-win-win’
Making good on a State of the Union commitment, President Obama on Tuesday directed the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to begin work on a new round of fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks – the latest in a series of executive actions designed to sidestep an uncooperative Congress. The administration […]
February 19, 2014
Vocational
Fun Trucks Friday: Love and War edition
Valentine’s Day happens to fall on a Fun Trucks Friday this year, but if you’re looking for love here you’re looking in one of the wrong places. In lieu of flowers, how ’bout a few special purpose hard working trucks, with bad intentions?
February 14, 2014
Class 3-6
The logistics of love: Would you be my Valentine … delivery driver?
This Valentine’s Day, some 200-300 million roses (or ‘stems,’ as they’re called in the trade) will travel from fields in South America to sweethearts across the U.S. – making for a week or so of semi-controlled chaos for the floral industry, worth about $2 billion.
February 14, 2014
Class 3-6
Auto Truck awarded ship-thru for Ford Transit
Auto Truck Group says it was recently awarded ship-thru status and codes for the 2015 Ford Transit full-size van for the new Auto Truck Group facility in Kansas City, Mo., which is set to open May 2014. “The new full-size Ford Transit is a breakthrough commercial van,” says Dennis Jones, vice president of sales and marketing, […]
February 14, 2014
Class 3-6
Chrysler recalls 9,655 Ram ProMaster vans over accelerator issue
Chrysler is recalling an estimated 9,655 2014 Ram ProMaster full-size vans to install a new pedal stop to repair a potential accelerator issue.
February 7, 2014
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