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Jim Galligan | Cab interiors are being designed to provide more room and storage space and to accommodate onboard communication devices such as laptops, power outlets and dashboard information displays. |  | Outfitting for Comfort and Usability | As vice president of product development at Mitsubishi Fuso, Bob Aquaro not only oversees ergonomic cab design of the manufacturer’s medium-duty trucks, he drives the results — literally. “These trucks are so nice, it’s like driving a car,” he told LMT. “You just put it in drive, and off you go.” |
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The U.S. lost fewer jobs than forecast in April, and the unemployment rate dropped, signaling that the economic slowdown may be milder than the 2001 recession, Bloomberg News reported. |
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Sales at Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. fell in April as record U.S. gasoline prices drove consumers to Toyota Motor Corp.'s fuel-efficient cars and away from big trucks and sport-utility vehicles, Bloomberg News reported. |
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General Motors Corp. reported a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss last week, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major parts supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks, the Associated Press reported. |
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Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc.’ said its first-quarter profit jumped 33% to $190 million, or 97 cents a share, from $143 million, or 71 cents, a year ago. |
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TSA Expands TWIC Program
Two years after it was announced, the federal government has begun a full rollout of its plan to provide high-tech, secure identification for workers in and around America's ports. |
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New Products Debut at the Work Truck Show
Truck and equipment suppliers have turned the National Truck Equipment Association's annual Work Truck Show into one of the biggest national venues for new light- and medium-duty commercial trucks and equipment. |
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Fuel Efficiency on Tap at Mid-America
With $4-a-gallon diesel prices ravaging trucking companies and shippers pressing carriers for greener supply chains, equipment manufacturers at the Mid-America Trucking Show here in March said they have - and are eager to sell - products that will improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. |
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Crude oil rose above $124 a barrel for the first time Thursday and set a new closing price record on the New York Mercantile Exchange near that level, Bloomberg reported. |
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Rail intermodal traffic fell 3.7% for the week ended Saturday compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.
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Truck dealership Rush Enterprises said Thursday it has acquired Peterbilt Carolina, which includes a Peterbilt, Hino and Isuzu heavy- and medium-duty truck dealership.
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Tank truck carrier Quality Distribution reported a first-quarter loss of $1.9 million, or 10 cents a share, compared with a loss of $200,000, or 1 cent, in last year’s first quarter. |
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Wholesale inventories fell 0.1% in March, led by a decline in crude oil supplies, the Commerce Department said Thursday. |
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