Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Delivers 550 Trucks to Casas Bahia
18 Mar 2010, 13:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Mercedes-Benz has just announced it has signed a contract with the Brazilian retail company Casa Bahia which involves the delivery of 550 trucks. The order comprises 380 units of the Mercedes-Benz A...
Navistar Presents International TerraStar Class 4/5 Work Truck
12 Mar 2010, 11:45 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show has brought to the public Navistar’s International TerraStar Class 4/5 commercial truck. The new truck has a new range of commer...
Yokohama to Launch New Tire
12 Mar 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Yokohama has just announced that it will introduce its new all-position waste and sanitation tire, called MY627W, at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS). The show will take place in March 25-27, at...
Mercedes-Benz do Brazil to Increase Production
8 Mar 2010, 14:20 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Mercedes-Benz has just announced that it signed a contract with the Brazilian bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social (BNDES) for a loan in the amount of R$ 1.2 billion (rou...
Continental Increases Load Capacity to HDL2 D2 Tire
11 Feb 2010, 11:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Continental Tire the Americas has just announced that its HDL2 DL (Heavy Drive Long Haul, Deep Lug) tire has been improved to provide increased load capacity. The tire was introduced in 2009 but sta...
Daimler to Deliver Freightliner Trucks for Forestry Sector
11 Feb 2010, 11:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Daimler’s North American division announced it has received a major order for 75 Freightliner Business Class M2 106 type trucks from the American Forestry Equipment of Virginia (FEVA), which w...
Penske Donates Trucks to Support Haiti Relief Efforts
8 Feb 2010, 07:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Bill Clinton’s call for 100 trucks to be sent to Haiti, Penske Corporation announced it has donated over $1 million worth of diesel-powered flatbed trucks (40 units) to the Clinton B...
Guinness World Record Truck Displayed by Mercedes-Benz in Australia
5 Feb 2010, 08:18 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / If you’re an Aussie and you’ve never seen a world record-setting truck, this might just be your lucky day. Mercedes-Benz will show its super-efficient Mercedes-Benz Actros Safety Truck a...
GM Donates 30 GMC Sierra for Haiti
4 Feb 2010, 07:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After yesterday German manufacturer Daimler announced it will donate 20 Fuso Canter trucks to help the Haitian relief effort, it's time for American carmaker GM to answer former Presidents Bill...
Garbage Trucks - Trash and Cash
21 Jan 2010, 18:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you have gotten used to by know, we here at autoevolution write just about everything even remotely connected to the automotive world. That includes, at times, writing about some really unpleasan...
2010 Scania Driver Competitions Begin
14 Jan 2010, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish truck manufacturer Scania announced this week the start of a year long search across 28 countries to find the best truck driver in the world. According to initial estimates, some 45,000 truc...
Navistar Launches Truck Lineup for India
6 Jan 2010, 13:39 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Indian market became more and more attractive for automakers, so most of them tried to build vehicles fit for the Indian market needs. Truck manufacturer Navistar makes no exception, as it (in c...
2010 Ram Heavy Duty Pick-up Named Motor Trend’s Truck of the Year
11 Dec 2009, 07:57 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Truck sales in America are not doing very well and each award is very important to car producers. Ram has a reason to celebrate as Motor Trend awarded the 2010 Ram 2500/3500 Heavy Duty pickup "...
Navistar to Produce All-Electric Trucks
2 Dec 2009, 19:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American commercial vehicles manufacturer Navistar announced today it has signed a partnership with British company Modec for the development, production and marketing of Class 2c-3 all-electric com...
Volvo FE Truck Gets Automated Transmission
3 Nov 2009, 14:22 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The most recent addition to the Volvo Trucks range is the Volvo FE, which now can be specified with automated transmission. Moreover, Volvo says that in a 4×2 distribution configuration only, ...
Ford F-150 Goes to the 2009 SEMA Show
28 Oct 2009, 07:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / ... and not just one, but a whole bunch of them. American manufacturer Ford had just announced that several F-150 customized trucks will be on display at the 2009 SEMA Show, scheduled to be held in ...
First Harley-Davidson Special Edition Truck Delivered
27 Oct 2009, 14:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The first International LoneStar Harley-Davidson Special Edition truck has been delivered to its owner, Chris Hawker, who is also an avid motorcyclists. In fact, Hawker owns another Harley-Davidson...
Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, 2009 Truck of Texas
19 Oct 2009, 07:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What may very well be the meanest, baddest truck off of an assembly line this year, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, was named the 2009 Truck of Texas by the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA). &qu...
Zytek Electric Powertrains for US Government Program
15 Oct 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / British electric vehicle drivetrains Zytek had received the green light from an US Government-backed electric commercial vehicle program, in order to supply the Navistar and Modec with 70 kW electri...
Road Trains, Multi-Wheeled Freaks
14 Oct 2009, 07:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you ever thought that being overtaken on a highway by a speeding truck is a spooky experience, you haven't met these monsters. Whereas trucks are a common sight on European, American or Asia...