Fleets
Daimler starts work on South Carolina Mercedes van plant
North Charleston plant to take over some Sprinter production for the US market.
Category: Commercial vehicles
Manufacturing
Spartan produces first Chevrolet medium duty truck
Partnership between Spartan, GM, Isuzu will add truck variants.
Fleets
Lightning Hybrids wins Boston-area hydraulic hybrid bus order
Kiessling Transit orders 32 units to join existing fleet of 35 Ford hybrid vans.
Manufacturing
Finalists for Altair Enlighten award named
Vehicles from Cadillac, Ford, BMW competing for lightweighting recognition.
Fleets
Truck maker Nikola logs $2.3 billion in advanced orders
Bold claims on costs, effectiveness of all-electric Class 8 trucks draws advanced orders.
Fleets
Navistar to build GM commercial van cutaways
Ohio plant to make industrial GMC Savana, Chevrolet Express vans next year.
Manufacturing
Zhejiang Yinlun Machinery Co. buys Thermal Dynamics International
Chinese company expands in North American car, truck, off-highway markets with $56.7 million acquisition.
Fleets
Cummins developing plug-in hybrid Class 6 truck
Department of Energy grant leads to partnership with PACCAR, The Ohio State University, federal energy labs.
Fleets
Spartan to build F-Series trucks for Isuzu
Partnership expands from contract manufacturing of N-Series trucks.
Fleets
Southern California bus company plans to go all electric
Antelope Valley (north of Los Angeles) contracts with BYD for 85 vehicles.
Fleets
Thor names Zimmerman CEO of Keystone RV Co.
New leadership at Keystone, Dutchmen, CrossRoads RV.
Fleets
Efficient Drivetrains supports plug-in hybrid, CNG truck
Combining alternative power technologies creates 27mpge work truck.