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Electric Power to Revolutionize Heavy-Duty Distribution Trucks

Daimler Trucks will display its Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck concept vehicle at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover, Germany, this September. The company claims the Urban...

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Automotive

Auxiliary Hydraulics Highlight Productivity Focus for Deere Reduced-Tail-Swing Excavators

John Deere recently updated the 135G and 245G LC reduced-tail-swing excavators, which are designed to maneuver in tight spots for projects such as...

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Automotive

Western Star Launches Extreme Duty Offroad Package, New 'Transformer' Chassis

Western Star is known for its tough vocational trucks and now offers an off-road product that competes with the articulated and rigid frame markets. The truck...

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Electronics & Computers

Komatsu Doubles down on Intelligent Machine Control

Komatsu America recently revealed four new machines that expand the company’s new intelligent Machine Control family and help to demonstrate its vision of the "jobsite of the future."...

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Transportation

New Komatsu Wheel Loader with Tier 4F Engine Consumes 13% less Fuel

Equipped with an EPA Tier 4 Final certified engine, the new WA600-8 wheel loader from Komatsu combines an enhanced lockup torque converter function and SmartLoader logic to...

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Automotive

Arctic Cat Debuts Purpose-Built 'Snow Bike' in 2017 Model Line

Arctic Cat’s recently unveiled snowmobile lineup for the 2017 model year includes an OEM industry first: the all-new SVX 450 purpose-built, single-ski snow bike. Other 2017...

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Transportation

Gleaner Upgrades Cabins, Drives on S9 Series Combines

AGCO’s transverse rotary combine brand, Gleaner, will be debuting for 2016 its new S9 Series combines, which includes three models—the S96, S97, and S98—to meet the needs of...

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Electronics & Computers

Samsung Test-Drives 'See-Through' Truck

Peeking around a semi-trailer truck in an attempt to pass it on a two-lane highway or road can be an unsettling experience for drivers—edging toward the dashed center line only to swerve back behind...

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Transportation

Case CE Upgrades 621F and 721F Wheel Loaders to Meet Tier 4 Final

Case Construction Equipment’s 621F and 721F wheel loaders now meet Tier 4 Final emissions standards. Like the Tier 4 Interim models, each model is equipped with a selective...

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Energy

Western Star Focuses on Efficiency for New 5700XE

Fuel efficiency is increasingly becoming a significant driver in truck OEMs’ vehicle development plans, and that certainly was the case when Western Star set out to develop the all-new...

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Energy

Deere Offers up Supersized Crawler Dozer

Deere's new 1050K crawler dozer was designed and is being built in Iowa, after "years of research and extensive customer feedback," according to the company. It is the largest and most powerful dozer ever built by Deere and it is geared toward mining, quarrying, road building, and other large-scale...

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Caterpillar Updates Its D7E Diesel-Electric Dozer

After first appearing on jobsites in 2009, Caterpillar’s latest D7E dozers feature three new “productivity boosting” dozing features for optimized performance during grading work.

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

The Off-Highway System

In a speech given in late February, Samuel R. Allen, Chairman & CEO of Deere & Co., had some good words for 2014, and some cautious words for 2015.

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Power

Toro Launches New Riding Trencher

The Toro Co. says it designed its all-new RT1200 riding trencher with versatility and productivity in mind, particularly for utility contractors.

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Power

Caterpillar's Wheeled Excavator Design Based on Customer Input

Caterpillar says it solicited customer input for characteristics considered important when it was designing its new M318F and M320F wheeled excavators. Heading the not-so-short...

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Power

Hitachi Updates Dump Trucks with More Comfort and Serviceability Features

Many legacy features are continued on Hitachi Construction Machinery's most recent version of its EH1100 rigid dump truck, the EH1100-5, such as the long-life and...

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Electronics & Computers

Mercedes-Benz Future Truck 2025 Demonstrates Autonomous Technology

Given the worldwide desire to reduce road accident fatalities, it seems likely that the first applications of autonomous driving technologies will appear on heavy commercial...

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Power

Deere Upgrades Excavators with Tier 4 Final Engines

John Deere's goals in the development of its new G-Series Final Tier 4 excavators went beyond making the machines emissions ready, but to also include design and functionality improvements...

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Volvo E Excavators Said to Excel in Efficiency

Volvo CE says its new EC250E and EC300E crawler excavators deliver a 5% improvement in fuel efficiency over past models, and not just due to the Tier 4 Final/Stage IV-compliant Volvo engine,...

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Electronics & Computers

The Drive for Driverless Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles are a hot topic, most noticeably in the automotive world where high-profile projects such as the Google Self-Driving Car receive plenty of press. But automated driving/operation is...

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Transportation

Caterpillar's 990K Wheel Loader Offers More Power, Increased Payload

Designed as an optimum loading tool for Caterpillar construction and mining trucks, specifically the 773, 775, and 777 ranging from about 60 to 100 ton (54 to 91 t)...

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Transportation

Claas Expands Its Forage Harvester Line

The all-new Jaguar 800 Series forage harvesters from Claas are seen by the company as a complement to the current 900 Series, meeting the needs of producers and custom harvesters who need the reliable...

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Hyundai CEA Unveils Prototype Excavator

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas took the opportunity at ConExpo to unveil to North America its R220LC-9 HI-POSS excavator prototype. This concept model, which first debuted at Bauma in 2013, features Hyundai’s next-generation power system that it says provides improved fuel consumption and...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

BYD Electric Bus Provides 30-H Service on Single Charge

BYD Motors and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently announced some findings from a two-month pilot test on a 40-ft (12-m) BYD battery-electric bus...

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Transportation

Komatsu America Expands Intelligent Machine Control Dozer Family

Komatsu America Corp.'s D51EXi/PXi-22 is its latest intelligent Machine Control (iMC) dozer for the North American market, and it brings the same iMC technology to another key...

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Transportation

Deere's Updated Skid Steers and Compact Track Loader

John Deere’s newest additions to its E-Series line of skid steer loaders and compact track loaders (CTLs) include two skid steer models (318E, 320E) and two compact track loader models...

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Transportation

Volvo CE’s New Short Swing Radius Excavator

With a weight of 2.5 ton (2.3 t), the ECR25D compact excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment achieves greater breakout and tearout forces—8453 lb (38 kN) combined—than the 2.8-ton...

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