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A new Hyundai-DaimlerChrysler deal will wed Mercedes Benz engines to Hyundai truck platforms worldwide, including the United States, where Hyundai trucks have not been sold before.

The Senate took the first step since 1968 toward the development of federal standards for replacement brake linings when the Appropriations Committee approved $300,000 for research and testing in a Department of Transportation funding bill.

Class 8 heavy-truck sales dipped 5.4% in June from the May 2001 high of 13,719, as five of eight nameplates sold fewer heavy-duty trucks than they did the month before. The total was 12,980.

Dimitrios Dardalis thinks he has a design that will enable producers to wring greater fuel efficiency from diesel engines while greatly reducing overhaul requirements. ardalis, a mechanical engineering doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, patented a wear-reducing concept that involves the use of rotating cylinder bore liners to reduce boundary friction during the combustion cycle.

Commercial truck manufacturer Bering Truck Corp. and Bering Truck Distribution LLC, Front Royal, Va., said June 19 they had suspended operations because Bering’s major supplier allegedly failed to provide key components and support.

The Technology and Maintenance Council may be on the verge of a dramatic transformation as it reaches beyond heavy-duty truck maintenance and engineering into logistics and information technology.

Volvo Trucks North America has named Michel Gigou to be its new president and chief executive officer. He has held those titles for Mack Trucks Inc., based in Allentown, Pa., for the last five years. Both Mack and VTNA, with headquarters in Greensboro, N.C., are subsidiaries of Volvo Global Trucks, located in Stockholm.

A federal regulation requiring an estimated 800,000 older heavy-duty trailers and semi-trailers to be equipped with reflective tape or markers went into effect June 1.

Ford Motor Co. said it has a system of releasing hydraulic energy stored during the braking process that may make commercial vehicles more fuel efficient, especially in stop-and-go traffic. .