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The gray rollers pictured on the cab firewall are part number 55MX26. I can't recall the part number of the roller track that mounts on the hood, but most likely a 73RU number.

Transport Engineer / January 21, 2020 Norwegian food wholesaler ASKO is trialling four electric trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells in a pilot venture with Scania. Scania’s modular approach sees the internal combustion engine replaced by an electric unit, powered by electricity from fuel cells fed with hydrogen and from rechargeable batteries. The electric powertrain delivers 290kW/210kW continuous output, with up to 2,200Nm of torque through a two-speed transmission. The rest of the powertrain contains the same standard components used in the manufacturer’s hybrid trucks and buses already available on the market. The 26-tonners on trial with ASKO have a 6×2*4 configuration and installed lithium-ion battery capacity of 56kWh. The 22kW AC on-board charger has a CCS charging interface. Hydrogen storage capacity is 33kg at 350bar, and the vehicles have an estimated range of between 400km and 500km. Scania says this pilot will be the basis for further learning and development for both companies. “Hydrogen gas is an interesting option for long haulage electrified transport and early tests show that the technology also works well in colder climate,” says Karin Rådström, the truck maker’s head of sales and marketing. .

Transport Engineer / January 17, 2020 Northern Ireland-based The Henderson Group has taken delivery of 15 Renault Range T460 and 14 Range D18 vehicles, citing vehicle quality and “exceptional” driver acceptance as reasons for the deal. Supplied by dealer Diamond Trucks, the vehicles operate on multi-drop distribution operations for the group’s retail franchises, which include Spar, Eurospar and ViVO. The latest additions are part of Henderson’s strategy to move from a mixed fleet to standardising on two key marques. “We introduced the Range T and D in 2015, with seven Range T460 6x2s and a Range D26 fridge, and we haven’t looked back,” says David McCracken, group fleet engineer. “Renault Trucks is now one of our preferred suppliers and business partners. We operate some 70 of its vehicles across our various divisions and forecast further investment in the Renault product by the end of 2020.” He cites positive experience, vehicle reliability and driver acceptance as factors in the decision to add more Renault vehicles, which he describes as “the perfect truck – reliable, stylish and comfortable to drive”. The Range T vehicles are doing 70 runs a day, both ambient and chilled, and McCracken says the model “offers the best compromise in terms of reliability, mpg, size of cab and driver appeal”. The Range Ds, meanwhile, are a mix of 26- and 18-tonners, and are working within the group’s wholesale and foodservice divisions. The Range D’s compact size and tight turning circle is said to be “perfect” for these duties. Henderson has acquired the Range Ds outright, with the Range Ts supplied on a four-year contract hire deal through BRS. All vehicle maintenance is carried out by Diamond Trucks. .

The plastic surrounds (headlamp bezels) being part number 6QS4190A.

Diesel News Australia / January 2020 After a year when there were signs of some changes in the Australian truck market, 2019 ended with the situation where Isuzu and Kenworth are still on top of the rankings. Isuzu came through with 22.7 per cent of all trucks sold in the year, while Kenworth still predominate with 18.5 per cent of heavy duty truck sales, in the Truck Industry Council sales results for 2019. After selling 2350 Kenworth keeps its place as the heavy duty number one, but Volvo have been snapping at the brand’s heels throughout 2019, coming out with a grand total of 2239 heavy sales for 2019 just 111 trucks behind over the 12 months. In fact, Volvo outsold Kenworth in heavy duty, in May, June, August and September. Volvo has closed in from 1,088 truck sales in arrears in 2018, although back in a much quieter year, 2016 the end of year number saw Kenworth just 190 trucks ahead. In fact, the lead for Kenworth over Volvo has seen the Paccar-owned brand keep the Swedish company in a perennial second place by around 500 to 1000 trucks for most of the last ten years. The question is whether the closer numbers from 2019 represent a real structural change in the Australian truck market as operators move across from conventional US trucks to cabover Europeans. Volvo haven’t been the only ones to gain from a change, both Scania and Mercedes Benz have seen substantial increases from historic averages, in recent years. The jury is still out on this one, and the figures for 2020 will show us just how much sentiment has changed. Kenworth will have more of its T410, T610 style trucks coming through and Freightliner will be pushing the new Cascadia hard. At the same time, the European cohort will be preaching the whole of life costs and low fuel consumption their product can offer. In the overall Australian truck market, Isuzu Trucks finished 2019 as clear leaders, with 22.7 per cent share of the Australian truck market and a total of 8,621 units sold It also continues to lead the way in the light-duty segment, with 4,207 units sold for 36.6 per cent share and in medium duty, Isuzu Trucks again took line honours, finishing the year with 2,896 units sold for 39.1 per cent share of the market. At the heavy end, Isuzu continues to hold on to third spot, with 1,518 units sold for 11.9 per cent share of the market in which the Kenworth /Volvo tussle was playing out. On achieving 31 years of market leadership, Isuzu Director and Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Harbison, said, “Off the back of an unprecedented boom in 2018, we continued to strive forward and push our strengths in 2019. I’d like to thank and congratulate our tireless dealer network for their unrelenting efforts. “As always, it’s their hard work and commitment to the Isuzu product and ethos that keeps us top of mind with Australian customers.”

Scania Group Press Release / January 16, 2020 Scania’s axle and gearbox plant is readying itself for mass production of the battery electric powertrain. E-mobility has now come to Scania’s axle and gearbox assembly workshop in Södertälje. With three gearbox prototypes a week being produced for the new battery electric powertrain, technicians and operators are fine-tuning their skills and knowledge in anticipation of the start of customer production this year. “It’s exciting to work with future technology,” says operator Fredrik Angenent. “It’s also very different from normal assembly here at the workshop. On the assembly line, we put together a part of the product whereas here we assemble the battery electric gearbox from scratch.” An electrification journey Angenent and his colleagues assemble the electric machine and gears, axles and high voltage cables to produce a complete gearbox. In total, the electric gearbox consists of approximately 200 components, which substantially fewer than for a combustion engine. The finished product is subsequently tested in an adjacent rig. “We’ve been planning production for three years, gradually building the assembly line,” says Catarina Hemning, supervisor at eMobility gearbox assembly. “Now we feel prepared for higher volumes.” Test Development Engineer Thomas Ekbäck, who helped design the test rig, says that Scania has been on an electrification journey: “We’ve learned loads along the way and there’s still more to learn. But we’ve reached sufficient maturity to provide the market with a competitive electrical gearbox for battery electrical vehicles.”

MAN Truck & Bus Press Release / January 13, 2020 Introducing the new fully electric MAN Lion's City E to the harbor city of Hamburg, where the busses will be supporting public transport's daily operations and contributing to a cleaner, brighter future. .

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And yet ten years later, we have a similar outcome, with Troy Clarke having switched seats, from GM to Navistar. https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/51205-chevrolet-class-456-silverado/

General Motors "Parade of Progress" original brochure. https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/Featured-Innovations/1953_GM_Parade_of_Progress.pdf

GM sells medium-duty truck business to Navistar Ryan Beene, Automotive News / December 20, 2007 General Motors today confirmed a tentative deal to sell its GMT560 medium-duty truck business to Navistar International Corp. Terms were not disclosed. GM wants to exit that business and focus on designing, manufacturing and selling cars and light trucks globally, GM spokeswoman Melisa Tezanos told Automotive News. GMT560 trucks include the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick, which can be used as dump trucks, tow trucks and beverage delivery trucks. GM sells 30,000 to 40,000 GMT560 trucks annually, Tezanos said. Industrywide, medium-duty sales in 2007 are expected to be 180,000 units, she said. Under the tentative deal, Navistar will assemble the trucks, including their chassis and frames. Existing outside suppliers contracted by GM will continue to provide powertrain and other components, Navistar spokesman Roy Wiley said. The tentative agreement follows the UAW's Dec. 16 ratification of a three-year labor contract with Navistar's International Truck and Engine Corp. unit. The UAW had been on strike against International Truck since Oct. 23. "Obviously GM operates union plants; we operate union plants," Wiley said. "I think this new (labor) contract makes the deal easier to do." Assembly of conventional GMT560 trucks will go to the International Truck plant in Springfield, Ohio, a UAW source said. The trucks now are assembled at a GM plant in Flint, Mich. Neither GM nor Navistar would comment on assembly locations. About 270 of the nearly 1,100 UAW-represented employees at Springfield assembly had been laid off before the strike. When production at the plant resumes in January, production will be cut from the 104 trucks a day in September to about 65 a day. This means more workers will be laid off, but the number of layoffs is unclear, the UAW source said. The Navistar-assembled trucks will continue to bear GM nameplates, Tezanos said. Wiley said the companies hope the deal will close by mid-2008. Picture - GM North America President Troy Clarke (now Navistar president), left, and Navistar International CEO Daniel Ustian pose in front of two GM medium-duty trucks.

If the truck was ordered with a block heater, a panel with a pre-punched receptacle hole was installed on the line. Pre- punched panels were also available though parts operations.

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Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) / January 17, 2020 Daimler Trucks is taking the next step in the electrification of trucks with the battery-electric low-floor Mercedes-Benz eEconic truck. The eEconic will at first be offered in the configuration 6x2/N NLA and is mainly in demand as a waste-collection vehicle. Battery-electric trucks are well suited for urban use in waste management due to the comparatively short and plannable daily routes of up to 100 kilometers, with a high proportion of stop-and-go in inner-city traffic. With an anticipatory driving style, electrical energy can be recovered during braking to charge the battery, which further improves range and efficiency. The Mercedes-Benz eEconic's electric drive produces no local emissions and is quiet, characteristics that have a positive effect on the quality of life of residents and of the vehicle crew. The low-positioned “DirectVision cab” with a panoramic windscreen and glazed passenger door gives the driver direct visual contact with vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians. The driver is supported by a large number of intelligent safety-assistance systems such as Sideguard Assist. The driver and crew get in and out of the vehicle using only two steps on the side facing away from traffic. This makes exiting the cab safe and helps to avoid accidents. The comfortable standing height in the interior also facilitates access. The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty truck with a range of approximately 200 kilometers is in intensive use with customers in Germany and Switzerland; the first customer handover took place in 2018. In the United States, the medium-duty Freightliner eM2 and the heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia are also currently undergoing practical tests with customers. More than 140 Fuso eCanter light-duty trucks are already in use with customer in cities worldwide, including New York City, Tokyo, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Lisbon. Customer testing of the eEconic for municipal use will begin in 2021. Selected customers will test the vehicles for their everyday practicality in actual applications. The experience gained from customer testing will flow directly into series production of the eEconic, which is scheduled to start in 2022. The eEconic is based on the eActros electric truck for heavy distribution, which will go into series production in 2021. .

Meritor Buys TransPower, Advancing Electrification Plans Heavy Duty Trucking (HDT) / January 17, 2020 Meritor, Inc. has announced it recently acquired all the outstanding common shares of Transportation Power, Inc., better known as TransPower. The comapny said the addition of TransPower to its portfolio "advances its M2022 priorities through increased investment in advanced technologies," adding that the move "aligns with the values of Meritor's Blue Horizon brand," the company's platform of advanced technologies centered on electrification. "We are excited to welcome TransPower to the Meritor family as we continue providing our customers with sophisticated electric drivetrain solutions," said Jay Craig, Meritor CEO and president. "This acquisition enables us to further position the company as a premier supplier of electrification technologies for commercial vehicles." Early last year, Meritor announced more than 20 electrification programs with global OEMs, which are expected to put at least 130 fully electric medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks on the road through 2020. The company began a strategic investment in TransPower in 2017, hoping to speed the development of its electric vehicle platform. Meritor doubled down on this strategy last April, by increasing its investment to fund continued improvements in the development of controls for its eAxle and the commercialization of electric vehicle system solutions from both companies. Soon after, the two companies announced the completion of two multi-year projects for the development, testing. and evaluation of advanced, zero-emission electric yard tractors and Class 8 trucks.

Scania Group Press Release / January 15, 2020 Scania has signed an agreement with South Korean construction equipment manufacturer Doosan Infracore on continued engine deliveries. Since cooperation between the two companies was first initiated in 2010, Scania has been a supplier of engines for several of Doosan’s heavy construction equipment segments. Scania’s engines were fitted to Norwegian Moxy’s articulated dump trucks already in the 1970s. This company was later acquired by Doosan Infracore, which then incorporated the use of Scania engines in the wide machinery portfolio offered by the company, including wheel loaders, excavators and articulated dump trucks. “We at Scania welcome and are proud of Doosan’s continued confidence in our engines,” says Joel Granath, Senior Vice President, Scania Engines. “Our collaboration has gradually evolved and continues to rest on a mutual aspiration for excellence.” During the contract period, Scania will continue to supply its 9- and 13-litre industrial engines for Doosan’s excavators, wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks for emission classes up to Tier 4 final and Stage V. “Our long and successful cooperation with Scania is key to wanting to continue our partnership with them,” says Jan Roger Lindseth, Sales Marketing Manager, Doosan Infracore Norway. “The easy communication during development projects and the support for our projects is always very good.” .

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