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Big week in the Big Apple as auto show opens
It’s going to be a big week in the Big Apple as the New York International Auto Show gets set to open its doors to a flood of journalists, industry executives and potential buyers.The last of the big U.S. car shows before the industry takes a summer break, the NYIAS takes on more significance than it has in years with at least two dozen new cars, trucks and crossovers scheduled to make their debut… Continue reading
Telogis and Volvo Trucks Enter Into Memorandum of Agreement / Volvo Trucks Will Work With Telogis to Develop Future Location Intelligence Services
ALISO VIEJO, CA — (Marketwire) — 03/12/13 — Telogis and Volvo Trucks in North America have entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to bring value to Volvo customers through the future devel… Continue reading
Propane: It’s not just for barbecues anymore
Home satellite TV provider DISH Network Corp has signed a deal to run 200 of its trucks on propane, in the latest indication that the niche fuel could soon rival natural gas as the United States’ cheap transport alternative. Continue reading
Toyota is world’s largest automaker again
Toyota has again dethroned General Motors as the world’s top-selling automaker. The Japanese company sold 9.7 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2012, although it’s still counting. Continue reading
New cemetery endangers Egypt’s ancient necropolis
DAHSHOUR, Egypt (AP) — In this more than 4,500-year-old pharaonic necropolis, Egypt's modern rituals of the dead are starting to encroach on its ancient ones. Steamrollers flatten the desert sand, and trucks haul in bricks as villagers build rows of tombs in a new cemetery nearly up to the feet of Egypt's first pyramids and one of its oldest temples Continue reading
Toyota tops 2012 recall list for 3rd time in 4 years
For the third time in four years, Toyota Motor Corp. recalled more vehicles than any other automaker operating in the U.S. in 2012 Continue reading
GM recalls more than 69K vehicles that could roll away
General Motors Co is recalling more than 69,000 full-size trucks and vans globally that could roll away after being parked due to a potential steering column defect, the automaker said. Continue reading
Philippines hopes for survivors as strongest typhoon kills 325
NEW BATAAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Dozens of soldiers and rescue workers pulled out bodies from mud-drenched debris after the strongest typhoon this year killed at least 325 people in the southern Philippines, with hundreds still missing. Hundreds of residents left homeless in Compostela Valley, the worst hit province decimated by flash flooding and destructive winds, were being evacuated by trucks to crowded shelters in town centers on Thursday. … Continue reading
New vehicle emissions rules aim for better mileage
On the eve of global climate talks that will put Canada’s contentious policies under the microscope, Environment Minister Peter Kent has introduced the next set of rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks. Continue reading
Toyota recalls 150,000 Tacoma pickup trucks
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