Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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24 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2014 Automobile Co. Ltd., has be- gun engine production at its 1,000,000-square-foot facility in Hefei, China. r #'(PPESJDI5SVDL5JSFT rede - signed its website to be more interactive and user-friendly, with new tools that include a tire selector and dealer selec - tor and the ability to quickly access frequently used refer- ence materials. The informa- tion on BFGoodrichTruckTires. com is formatted for mobile devices and can be shared via social media sites. r 5IF7PMWP(SPVQ recognized three North American compa - nies – Tru-flex LLC of West Leb- anon, Ind., Tenneco of Lake Forest, Ill., and Donaldson of Bloomington, Minn. – and 12 companies worldwide with the 2014 Volvo Group Supplier Award for commitment to performance excellence and continuous improvement. r )BOLPPL5JSF"NFSJDBdo - nated $50,000 to the Disabled American Veterans Mobile Service Office, which brings free services directly to veter - ans and covers 70 stops within the Southeast region annually. r $VNNJOT was recognized with the 2014 United States Overall Best Heavy-Duty Truck Engines Product Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan at its North American Growth, Innovation & Leadership Gala in San Jose, Calif. The award was based on Frost & Sullivan's 2014 indepen - dent research survey of U.S. heavy-duty fleet, safety and service managers. INBRIEF Continued from page 22 WANT MORE EQUIPMENT NEWS? Scan the barcode to sign up for the CCJ Equipment Weekly e-mail newsletter or go to www.goo.gl/Ph9JK. N avistar announced several enhancements to its OnCommand Connection remote diagnostics platform as well as fuel efficiency upgrades to its ProStar tractor during a press conference at the 2014 American Trucking Associations' 2014 Management Conference & Exhibition in San Diego. Beginning this month, Navistar will roll out new feature enhancements for OnCommand Connec- tion, including a mobile app, customized geofenc- ing capabilities designed to allow customers to filter their dashboards into geographic zones, and direct integration with major component suppli- ers, beginning with Cummins. Integration with Cummins Connected Diagnostics will provide customers with the option of viewing Cummins recommendations via the OnCommand Connec- tion portal. Navistar also displayed the new fuel-efficien- cy spec for the International ProStar with the SmartAdvantage 10-speed Eaton Fuller Advantage automated manual transmission paired with the Cummins ISX15 engine with SmartTorque2 ratings that automatically sense vehicle weight, grade and operating gear to select the optimum torque to optimize fuel econ- omy and performance. – Jeff Crissey V olvo Trucks North America announced that it has put on hold plans to launch its own compression-ig- nition liquefied natural gas engine for North America as it adapts to the pace of the North American alternative fuel market. The company said it will con- tinue to offer spark-ignited natural gas engines in its VNM and VNL models, and that field testing of its dimethyl ether-powered vehicles also will continue. Volvo said development of the natural gas infrastructure to support long-haul trucking has been modest over the last year, and that the needs of customers in the primary markets for natural gas vehicles – regional haul and dedicated routes – are being met with the com- pany's current natural gas lineup. Volvo said that while it continues to believe that DME – which can be produced from natural gas – holds promise as a heavy-truck fuel, it has decided not to establish a commer- cialization date as it continues to monitor market and stakeholder interest in the fuel. – Jack Roberts Volvo puts natural gas engine plans on hold 7PMWP5SVDLTXJMMDPOUJOVFUPPíFSTQBSLJHOJUFE OBUVSBMHBTFOHJOFTJOJUT7/.BOE7/-NPEFMT +PEJ1SFTTXPPEWJDFQSFTJEFOU BOEHFOFSBMNBOBHFSPG/BWJT UBST)FBWZEVUZ5SVDL1SPEVDU -JOFEFTDSJCFTUIF*OUFSOBUJPOBM 1SP4UBSTOFXGVFMFîDJFODZTQFD UIBUGFBUVSFTUIF&BUPO$VNNJOT 4NBSU"EWBOUBHFQPXFSUSBJO Navistar announces OnCommand upgrades, new ProStar fuel-efficiency powertrain spec