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Special Coverage, Business

FlowBelow Aero Partners With Kenworth, Expands Distribution to Mexico

LAS VEGAS — FlowBelow Aero Inc. announced Kenworth Truck Co. will offer its AeroKit as a dealer-installed option, and it has expanded distribution of its tractor-mounted aerodynamic products into Mexico.

October 5, 2016
Special Coverage, Business, Fuel

Cummins Westport Advances Technology as Industry Searches for Growth

LAS VEGAS — The price of fueling systems has fallen because of competition, a buildout of fueling infrastructure continues and fleets keep assessing and adding trucks, but continued growth hinges on these three key elements, the head of the nation’s only company building new natural-gas engines said during American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition here.

October 4, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

Volvo, Mack Bemoan Current Sales Climate

LAS VEGAS — The two heavy-duty North American truck makers of Volvo Group continue to stoically gut out an unpleasant sales market but in anticipation of sunnier 2018 announced vehicle and service improvements for customers.

October 4, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

Decisiv Software to Power Service Management Systems for Kenworth, Peterbilt

LAS VEGAS — Decisiv Inc. said beginning in 2017 its software platform will power the service management systems used by Paccar Inc.’s truck brands Kenworth and Peterbilt.

October 4, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

Pollsters Think Presidential Race Too Close to Call

LAS VEGAS — You might be wondering who the experienced pollsters think is going to be our next president. But even with the election just a month away, top pollsters such as Peter Hart and Neil Newhouse are reluctant to pick the winner.

October 4, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

Andrew Card on Picking a President: 'Who Will Respond to the Whisper in the Ear?'

LAS VEGAS — Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card took a group of trucking executives back to school Oct. 3 for a crash course on the U.S. Constitution and the role of the president.

October 4, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

Freightliner, The Rolling Stones Get Truckers Rocking

LAS VEGAS — The Rolling Stones played a blistering 90-minute surprise set on Oct. 3 for 1,200 truckers at the 2016 Freightliner customer appreciation dinner here.

October 4, 2016
Special Coverage, Government, Business

Darling Says Final Rule is Near for Driver Training, Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

LAS VEGAS — A final rule for minimum entry-level driver training requirements and a drug-and-alcohol clearinghouse final rule are being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget and are expected to be published in the Federal Register by the end of the year, the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in a speech here.

October 4, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

DTNA Backs US GHG Rule, Connected Vehicles

LAS VEGAS — Daimler Trucks North America supports the federal Phase 2 greenhouse-gas rule for trucks and almost certainly will not challenge it in court.

October 3, 2016
Special Coverage, Business

Iowa Motor Truck Association Wins Mike Russell Image Award

LAS VEGAS — The Iowa Motor Truck Association captured the Mike Russell Trucking Image Award from American Trucking Associations on Oct. 3 at the annual Management Conference & Exhibition here.

October 3, 2016