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Published by Aroq Ltd.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:09:16 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 02:09:16 GMTjust-auto.com - RSS feedjust-auto.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss20Russian truck maker Kamaz said it plans to increase production by 8%-10% next year.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102158Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:00 GMTVolvo and Mack are the first truck manufacturers to have their engines certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board as meeting upcoming 2010 diesel emissions standards, the most stringent in the world.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102147Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:00 GMTIf you turned the Jodrell Bank radio-telescope on its side and filled it with cornflakes to create one colossal breakfast bowl, you would still have fewer cornflakes than there are kilobytes residing in just-auto's automotive research archive. Dave Leggett dives in to the cornflakes, sorry kilobytes, in search of a few interesting factoids to brighten your Friday arvo (links are to articles freely available to all).http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101965Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:00 GMTTata Motors has said it will begin exporting its Thai-made pickup truck to markets across the ASEAN trade block from next year, after import duties on local automotive products are cut to zero between the trade block's four main automotive markets in January.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102130Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:07:00 GMTGAZ has switched to a six-day working week, the company has said.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102141Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:53:00 GMTAB Volvo has said its overall truck shipments in October were down 41% on the same month last year.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102120Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:50:00 GMTVolvo Trucks says it is now launching an upgrade of the world's first hybrid refuse truck. The upgraded vehicle is now being released with new components and software to be tested by Veolia Environmental Services in central London.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102118Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:14:00 GMTRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said he believes the Russian government's bailout plan for truck maker Kamaz had been successful - especially the public procurement of Kamaz trucks.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102117Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:24:00 GMTThe NV200, Nissan's global all new small van, has been awarded the International Van of the Year (IVoY) 2010 by a jury consisting of 23 specialised European journalists representing a readership of more than half a million owners of commercial vehicles.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102090Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:28:00 GMTMichelin has announced plans to invest nearly USD900m to build a plant to in India.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102087Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:34:00 GMTVolvo has said that it is pulling out of a Chinese truck venture that it says has not been as successful as expected.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=102086Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMTIsuzu has posted a net loss of 27.8 billion yen for April-September, against a year-earlier profit of 30.1 billion yen.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101990Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:33:00 GMTTata Motors has begun distributing its heavy duty Prima range of trucks and says it plans to introduce the commercial vehicles in more countries later.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101910Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:01:00 GMTVolkswagen's new Amarok pickup truck will go into production in Argentina before the end of this year and vehicles will begin to be exported from the first quarter of 2010.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101841Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:30:00 GMTBritain's Tanfield Group associate company Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) US and Ford have agreed to terminate their Transit Connect EV project as forecast volumes did not justify the investment requirement.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101853Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMTThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is willing to reconsider its guidelines for complying with new standards on diesel engine exhaust, the agency said in a court petition asking for proceedings to be postponed on a complaint from truck maker Navistar International.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101855Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:00 GMTNavistar and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile on Friday said they would explore a potential engine joint venture to develop, build and market advanced diesel engines for commercial vehicles in China.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101854Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:03:00 GMTMAN said it saw no improvement in prospects for its heavy truck division and expected the global slowdown to hit its diesel motor and turbo operations as it posted an operating loss of EUR42m (US$62m) in the third quarter, compared with a profit of EUR268m (US$400m) a year ago.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101817Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:09:00 GMTThe European Commission today proposed a tough new law to cut average CO2 emissions from vans.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101808Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:33:00 GMTSK Energy, South Korea's biggest oil refiner, will supply lithium-ion batteries to Daimler's Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus unit.http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx=101757Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:57:00 GMT