Archive for September, 2015

Daimler Trucks drives first autonomous truck on public roads

Daimler Trucks drives first autonomous truck on public roads

Daimler Trucks became the world´s first manufacturer to be granted a road license for an autonomous heavy-duty truck. The first journey in the so-called Freightliner Inspiration Truck, which took place on US highway 15 in Las Vegas, was made by Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada, and Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard. The truck is equipped with the intelligent Highway Pilot system for[Read More…]

by September 21, 2015 World
ElectroMech cranes build modern commercial vehicles

ElectroMech cranes build modern commercial vehicles

ElectroMech is offering hoisting solutions for the commercial vehicle industry. ElectroMech Material Handling Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. has a significant presence in the automobile industry. The company specialises in hoisting and material handling solutions, and is based at Pune. With a wide range of solutions to offer, from a simple hoist to heavy-duty double girder cranes, ElectroMech employs a wide[Read More…]

by September 21, 2015 Domestic
Special application CVs

Special application CVs

Article by: Bhushan Mhapralkar Commercial vehicles find favour with special applications that make the fire brigades, airports, armed forces function smoothly and efficiently. Mumbai Fire Brigade has added a 90 m fire ladder to its fleet of special application trucks, which include fire tenders and crane trucks among others. The new fire ladder, procured from Finland-based Bronto Skylift Oy Ab,[Read More…]

by September 16, 2015 Cover Stories

JCB India to supply its ‘ecoMAX’ engines to TPS Infrastructure

JCB India Limited announced its firstlandmark deal to supply 250 JCB “ecoMAX” engines annually to TPS Infrastructure, a leading engineering equipment manufacturer in India.   TPS based in New Delhimanufactures a range of engineering equipment for applications ranging from pollution control, municipal solid waste and special purpose mobile & bulk transportation.   Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Virender Oberoi, Managing[Read More…]

by September 16, 2015 News