Fleets
MV-1 wins first government sales contract
Veterans Affairs to buy five cars for use nationwide.
Category: Fleets
Commercial vehicles, uptime, maintenance, tools, and total cost.
Fleets
Daimler starts work on South Carolina Mercedes van plant
North Charleston plant to take over some Sprinter production for the US market.
Manufacturing
Spartan produces first Chevrolet medium duty truck
Partnership between Spartan, GM, Isuzu will add truck variants.
Fleets
Okuma America works with Central Piedmont Community College for training
CPCC to provide specialized CNC machine tool training for Okuma’s workforce.
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.
Fleets
ELFA’s survey of economic activity
April new business volume down 12% YOY, 10% MTM and 10% YTD.
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.
Vehicle Tech
FCA, Google partner on driverless minivans
Companies to integrate autonomous technology into Chrysler Pacifica minivans.
Manufacturing
Ford boosts 3.5L EcoBoost engine power, adds 10-speed transmission to F-150
Upgrades to 2017 should boost power, efficiency.