Chrysler orders engines from local Volvo Powertrain plant

July 13th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, Engines

HAGERSTOWN Volvo Powertrain North Americas plant north of Hagerstown will produce engines for 325 new Mack highway tractors ordered by Chrysler Group Transport, a Mack Trucks official said Monday.

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Chrysler orders engines from local Volvo Powertrain plant

July 13th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines, Engines

HAGERSTOWN Volvo Powertrain North Americas plant north of Hagerstown will produce engines for 325 new Mack highway tractors ordered by Chrysler Group Transport, a Mack Trucks official said Monday.

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Daimler Investing $194 Million in Detroit Diesel Engine Plant

June 24th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines

Daimler Trucks North America confirms it will invest $194 million in its Detroit Diesel engine production facility in Redford, Mich. The goal is to expand engine production capacity there substantially, to produce EPA 2010-compliant Class 8 heavy-duty trucks.

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Western Star Offers Detroit Diesel Series 60 Tier III For Vocational Trucks (TruckingInfo.com)

February 18th, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines

Western Star Trucks Sales is now offering the Detroit Diesel Series 60 Tier III engine package for off-road vocational applications. The Series 60 Tier III comes with either 500 horsepower and 1,550 pounds-feet of torque, or 425 horsepower and 1,475 pounds-feet of torque.

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Thieves target tractor-trailers, stealing computer devices and diesel fuel (Naples Daily News)

February 2nd, 2010 Comments Off Posted in Diesel Engines

Six tractor-trailers in Lee County have been targeted by thieves intent on removing diesel fuel, the engine compartment computers or both. All the reported incidents occurred between Jan. 27 and Monday.Fermin Salinas, 41, of Fort Myers, said on Jan. 30 he parked his trucks, a 1998 Kenworth and a 2003 Freightliner in the lot at Route 80 Storage, 11351 Palm Beach Blvd., Fort Myers. He returned …

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