Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) is showing its novel Cobra water-cooled electric superchargers at the 19th Supercharging Conference, being held in Dresden, Germany this week (25 September to 2 October 2014).
Engines & Engine Parts
Independent workshops are being invited to a technical, hands-on training event, organised by OESAA (Original Equipment Suppliers Aftermarket Association), which promotes fitting original equipment (OE) parts.
Workshop
Logistics firm LC3, which specialises in temperature-controlled transport and container trucks, is buying 50 Iveco Stralis LNG (liquefied natural gas) Euro 6 trucks, just weeks after the first five were put on the road.
Alternative Fuels
Apart from the widely trailed quiet CF distribution truck, DAF is using the IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hanover this week (25 September to 2 October) to launch new CF and XF Low Deck tractors and new predictive cruise control with predictive shift to further optimise truck fuel efficiency.
Gearboxes
Longer, more aerodynamic truck cabs with better vision for drivers could save the lives of vulnerable road users, according to a study by Loughborough University's Design School.
Rigids
High-tech emergency vehicle livery from Bluelite Graphics has now passed endurance tests in the Falkland Islands and the West Indies.
Emergency Service Vehicles
Owner driver Mike Boyd and his partner Caroline Gardner brought their wedding plans forward when they saw the new Euro 6, FH16-750 tractor unit on the Volvo Trucks stand at Truckfest, Peterborough.
Tractor Units
ZF is to acquire TRW to form what the pair describe as a global leader in the automotive supplier business with pro forma combined sales of about € 30 billion and 138,000 employees.
Engine/Transmission Management
Oil blender Morris Lubricants says it is currently testing a new "total lubricant solution" that could provide as much as 8% fuel savings in heavy commercial vehicles.
Lubricants & Systems
Driveline engineering giant GKN presented new technologies including its Gyrodrive flywheel hybrid system for buses, an electric drive with integrated single-speed transmission and a range extender engine having an axial flux electric drive at the Low Carbon Vehicle event yesterday (11 September 2014).
Electric Vehicles
BYD Europe is the winner of the Low Carbon Heavy Duty Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year Award, presented that the Low Carbon Vehicle event.
Electric Vehicles
Telematics specialist Microlise is to provide its technology to India's largest commercial vehicles manufacturer Tata Motors in a move the pair expect to "transform" the country's commercial transport industry.
Telematics