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Chevy’s new City Express to compete with Ford Transit Connect
Chevrolet’s all-new 2015 City Express, on display this week at the Chicago Auto Show, is designed to match maneuverability and cargo-hauling flexibility with efficiency. Based on the Nissan NV200, the small van is aimed at urban business owners and fleet managers, but it’s clearly taking aim at the Ford Transit Connect in providing value-driven capability with low operating costs.
February 7, 2014
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Fun Trucks Friday: Raptor hunters, thunder snow and more
Raptor hunter? If you happen to be a Chevy guy/gal who admits to a touch of lust in your heart for the beefed up performance provided by the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, Southern Comfort Automotive and Lingenfelter Performance Engineering have just the thing: the Reaper.
January 31, 2014
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Hard-working trucks were vital to Gulf Coast recovery, general says
Lt. General Russel L. Honoré (U.S. Army Ret.), widely heralded for his role as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, told attendees that having their American Truck Dealers Convention & Expo in New Orleans this week has meant a lot to the people of the city. “Thanks for coming to New Orleans. This city survives […]
January 30, 2014
Class 3-6
IC Bus begins deliveries of CE series with Cummins ISB engines
IC Bus has started customer shipments of its first CE Series school buses with the Cummins ISB 6.7-liter engine. The first units were released this week from the company’s Tulsa, Okla., assembly plant.
January 29, 2014
Class 3-6
Ford Transit Connect gets nod from ‘vertically gifted’
The all-new Ford Transit Connect is standing a little taller after being endorsed by Tall Clubs International as a vehicle that brings fit and comfort to the “vertically gifted.”
January 27, 2014
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Fun Trucks Friday: The raddest Ford Raptor … EVERRR!, etc.
Trucks don’t get any more fun in the winter than these. At least until next Friday’s edition. Dude! Gymkhana rally guy Ken Block took to Instagram this week to reveal his Ford F-150 RaptorTRAX. “This is a fun project, built to be the ultimate backcountry snowboard expedition vehicle,” Block says, “perfect for slaying powder with some […]
January 24, 2014
Class 3-6
FedEx to test fully electric cargo vans
FedEx Express says it will test a 100 percent electric compact cargo vehicle – the Nissan e-NV200 – as part of its delivery fleet in the Washington, D.C. area. This test marks the first time the vehicle will be running in North America, although FedEx Express and Nissan have conducted similar e-NV200 tests with fleets in Japan, […]
January 23, 2014
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5 advantages of aluminum wheels for medium-duty trucks
Fleets and owner-operators of heavy duty (Class 7 and 8) trucks have enjoyed the advantages of aluminum wheels for years. Compared to steel wheels, aluminum wheels are lighter, require less maintenance and allow higher payload. Those same advantages are also available for medium duty (Class 3-6) applications.
January 22, 2014
Class 3-6
Ford recalls some 2011 E-series vans for windshield bubbles
Ford Motor Co. is recalling certain model year 2011 Ford E-150, E-250, E-350, and E-450 vehicles built from May 12, 2011, through May 26, 2011. Due to improper manufacturing conditions, some of the windshields may form bubbles after an extended time in hot temperatures.
January 17, 2014
Class 3-6
Ford ramps up production on new Transit commercial van
Ford this week begins welcoming nearly 1,000 new employees at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to prepare for the launch of the all-new Ford Transit that goes on sale in the U.S. this summer.
January 16, 2014
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Fun Trucks Friday goes back to the future
It’s Friday, so let’s have some hard working truck fun. This week, everything old is new again.
January 10, 2014
Vocational
Cold weather battery tips
Interstate Batteries says cold weather affects batteries more than any other engine component. Because they are filled with fluid containing mostly water, batteries are susceptible to freezing when not fully charged. Additionally, Interstate says cold weather thickens engine oil, forcing batteries to work harder when starting an engine. Here are several tips Interstate gives to maintaining […]
January 9, 2014
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Municipal fleet department takes the lead in CNG rollout
Looking to take a community leadership role in developing alternative fuels for transportation, the City of Little Rock will soon open its new compressed natural gas fast-fill pumps to the public.
January 8, 2014
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4 tips for helping office-based managers supervise a mobile team
While mobile employees get plenty of attention, one group may be overlooked: your office-based managers whose job it is to supervise your mobile employees. These managers can make the difference between a successful implementation of technology and an epic fail.
January 3, 2014
Vocational
Fun Trucks Friday: F-series on top, again; your (grand)dad’s Chevy; Land Rover P/U?
Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of hard working trucks, it’s Fun Trucks Friday.
January 3, 2014
Class 3-6
Fiat goes ‘all-in’ with Chrysler
The infiltration of Fiat design will be a mainstay in the Chrysler lineup after the Italian company forked over more than $4 billion Wednesday to gain full control of Chrysler Group LLC. The two companies’ partnership has already produced Fiat-inspired Ram commercial vans, and when the merger is complete, that working relationship with be cemented. RELATED: […]
January 2, 2014
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NatGas tax credit set to expire
The price of compressed natural gas for trucks at select pumps could jump as much as 30 percent next week, thanks to a federal tax credit set to expire Tuesday. The incentive offers a 50-cent tax credit on each diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) of natural gas sold by fueling stations. Many stations pocketed proceeds from the […]
December 29, 2013
Vocational
Pickups fail to meet insurance group’s tougher safety standards
No pickup trucks earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s safety awards for 2014, dinged by stricter standards included in the scoring this year. The Ford F-150 crew cab models, the Honda Ridgeline and the Toyota Tundra crew cab models all had earned TSP ratings for 2013, which required good performance in the Institute’s moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests.
December 27, 2013
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