BYD Supplies 20 Electric Buses to UC Irvine

BYD to Supply Electric Trucks and Buses to United States

BYD California’s truck and bus facility isn’t much to look at – an elderly concrete tilt-up in a mostly still unbuilt industrial center in Lancaster, a high-desert community about 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. But things are changing for the electric vehicle maker, a unit of China’s giant BYD Co. BYD has started a factory expansion on a 200,000-square-foot lot in front of the former recreational vehicle assembly…

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Dana Spicer Electric E-Axle Driveline Technology

Dana Spicer E-Axle Technology

Dana Incorporated has introduced the Spicer Electrified portfolio of fully integrated motor, control, and e-drive technologies designed to advance electric propulsion systems. Spicer Electrified builds on research that Dana has conducted in electric driveline technologies and complements the company’s battery-cooling solutions offered under the Long brand portfolio. “Dana has a unique ability to leverage knowledge across multiple end markets, and we are confident that our investment and research will benefit…

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Caterpillar May Close its Belgium Plant

Caterpillar Factory Shut Down

Caterpillar Inc. has started a consultation process that may lead to closing its plant in Gosselies, Belgium, and the loss of 2,000 jobs there, as part of a global restructuring and cost-savings plan announced a year ago. The Peoria, Ill.-based heavy equipment maker on Friday said the construction equipment manufactured at the site may be shifted to its facility in Grenoble, France, and other sites outside Europe. The company also…

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Peterbilt Hendrickson New Suspension Steer System

PeterBilt Hendrickson's New MonoLeaf Suspension Steer System

Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems has launched its Softek NXT integrated monoleaf suspension and steer axle system as an option on both Peterbilt 579 and 567 set forward axle models. Softek NXT is the next generation of Hendrickson’s road proven, weight-saving Softek monoleaf suspension and steer axle system. Softek NXT combines the Steertek NXT axle and monoleaf spring technology with an advanced integrated clamp group design. Setting the benchmark for…

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