By Finished Vehicle Logistics -Â Volkswagen in Mexico has inaugurated the latest addition to its distribution warehouse for passenger cars made at its Puebla plant, which has a daily output of around 2,500 Beetle, Golf and Jetta vehicles.
By Finished Vehicle Logistics -Â Volkswagen in Mexico has inaugurated the latest addition to its distribution warehouse for passenger cars made at its Puebla plant, which has a daily output of around 2,500 Beetle, Golf and Jetta vehicles.
By Finished Vehicle Logistics Japanese carmakers have reported a second month of plummeting sales in China as consumers boycott their brands in the wake of a dispute between the two countries over island territory in the East China Sea.
The trucking industry is facing a big task in the Northeast following Hurricane Sandy, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said in a TV interview Thursday.
As lawsuits continue against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico, the agency is continuing the program as-intended, granting two more carriers operating authority in the U.S. since mid-October
From Transport Topics Magazine – Truck and engine makers said that meeting the federal government’s greenhouse-gas standards that take effect in 2017 while still complying with the 2010 emissions rule is a difficult challenge and could result in more “hard programming†of engine settings and fewer choices for fleets in their tractors.
Mazda Motor Corp. will produce a subcompact vehicle for Toyota Motor Corp. at its new Mexican assembly plant starting in 2015, as the carmakers seek ways to boost North American output. From Automotive News
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