Kawasaki – Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, is unveiling three, fully restored historical trucks. Meticulously refurbished to their original conditions and drivable, the 2nd-generation Canter T91A (1970 model), 2nd-generation Canter T95AD (1970 model) and 3rd-generation Canter T210C (1975 model) will appear at various media, customer, employee and public events in the coming months and years.

“These restored vehicles show Mitsubishi Fuso’s legacy of technological innovation which continues today with our focus on highly efficient, environmentally-friendly trucks and buses,” said Prof. Dr. Eike Boehm, MFTBC Vice President of Product Engineering. “These trucks surely provided a long service life to their customers, and now they will live on as strong examples of Mitsubishi Fuso’s product heritage.”

According to Prof. Dr. Boehm, the three vehicles are the first achievements of a larger “Fuso Historical Vehicle Restoration Project,” which started in April 2008. The aim is to restore 15 Mitsubishi Fuso historical vehicles in total including four heavy-duty trucks, five medium-duty trucks, five light-duty trucks, and one light-duty bus.

The purposes of this project are to convey Mitsubishi Fuso’s history, to enhance pride about the company’s products and to learn restoration skills.

The restoration project team, led by Prof. Dr. Boehm, consists of about 30 volunteers mainly from MFTBC’s R&D and Testing departments. The volunteers gather on weekends and holidays to work on restoring the vehicles at MFTBC’s Kitsuregawa Proving Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, and at the company’s Kawasaki, Japan, Plant.

Source: http://www.mitsubishi-fuso.com/en/press/100827/100827.html

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AKRON, Ohio – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has called all of its outstanding senior notes due in 2011 and 2015 for redemption on September 29, 2010. Goodyear intends to use net proceeds from its recent $1 billion issuance of 8.25% senior notes due 2020 to fund these redemptions.

The notes called for redemption are $388 million in principal amount of 7.857% senior notes due August 15, 2011, $325 million in principal amount of 8.625% senior notes due December 1, 2011, and $260 million in principal amount of 9% senior notes due July 1, 2015.

The contractual redemption price for the 7.857% notes is the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments on the notes, discounted to the redemption date using a defined treasury rate plus 35 basis points (0.35%), and will be determined as of the third business day prior to the redemption date. The contractual redemption price for the 8.625% notes is 104.313 percent of the principal amount and for the 9% notes is 104.500 percent of the principal amount. In each case, accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the redemption date.

Source: http://www.goodyear.com/cfmx/web/corporate/media/news/story.cfm?a_id=300

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A research project will be conducted this week in Linz, Austria, to discover what the ideal interaction between people and humanoid robots ought to be in the future, Honda R&D and Ars Electronica Futurelab announced. The research, the first of its kind in Europe, will involve members of the public directly interacting with ASIMO, Honda’s humanoid robot.

The findings from this and similar research around the world will be integrated into the functionality of future versions ASIMO. It will also help realise a humanoid robot that can interact effortlessly with people in a living environment and take on some the tasks that would help make people’s lives easier.

For nearly a quarter of a century Honda has made significant progress towards this goal. The latest generation of this research is Honda’s ASIMO, widely regarded as the most advanced humanoid robot. ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility, features functionality including high-level mobility and an ability to give and receive objects.

Satoshi Shigemi, Large Project Leader of ASIMO development, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., said:

“This is an exciting collaboration for us with Ars Electronica Futurelab, which has a long history of investigating human-machine interaction and design. It is a significant milestone in our development of ASIMO and an important piece of human-robot interaction research to examine the diverse levels of robot acceptance and interaction around the world. We’ve already held research in Japan and in time we will conduct similar research in different cultures and different parts of the world.”

Source: http://world.honda.com/news/2010/c100901Human-Robot-interaction/index.html

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PORTLAND, Ore. – Freightliner Trucks today announced its booth line-up and schedule for the Great American Trucking Show (GATS), at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Aug. 26-28, 2010.

The Freightliner Trucks booth (#12113) will feature the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) truck, a custom Cascadia® designed to honor America’s veterans; a tricked-out Coronado® and a tricked-out Cascadia created by the Chrome Shop Mafia; and Gina Angsten’s personalized Slice of Life truck, a 2010 Cascadia equipped with a Detroit Diesel DD15™ engine featuring BlueTec® emissions technology.

Slice of Life: Reloaded participants Henry Albert, Gina Angsten, Kurt Grote and Dick McCorkle will be on hand in the Freightliner Trucks booth to provide an overview and answer questions about their experiences about the program.

“GATS attendees will find some of our industry’s latest and most innovative offerings in the Freightliner Trucks booth,” said Melissa Clausen, director of product marketing for Freightliner Trucks. “Freightliner Trucks is dedicated to providing small fleets and owner-operators with the best products and services to help them run smart.”

Additional special appearances and events taking place at GATS include:
Freightliner Trucks is co-sponsoring the Partners in Business seminar which will take place on Friday, Aug. 27, from 2–4 p.m. in Room D222. Partners in Business provides owner-operators with strategies for running a successful business.

Show attendees can also view Henry Albert, Kurt Grote and Dick McCorkle’s customized Slice of Life Freightliner trucks in the Custom Rigs Pride and Polish Truck Beauty Competition.

Benjamin Smith, manager, product strategy for Freightliner Trucks, will participate in a panel discussion on “Future Truck and Trailer Technology” on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at 11 a.m., in Ballroom C.

Source: http://www.freightlinertrucks.com/inside-freightliner/news/news-detail.aspx?id=1027

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Dayton, Ohio – 40 joint venture with General Motors for Isuzu DMAX and 60 company, EDT on August 20, celebrated the 10th anniversary of award-winning production of diesel engines.

At a ceremony attended by regional leaders and government, DMAX officials, the company announced that it has produced a total of 1.2 million engines since July 2000. DMAX is a large pickup truck, “Chevrolet Silverado” and “GMC · Sierra,” full-size van, “Chevrolet Express” and “GMC · Savannah” has been awarded with a diesel engine “Dyuramakkusu” exclusive manufacturer There.

Mi shiny DMAX CEO Maho which is “more than 10 years in the history of our company has become a success story Dyuramakkusudizeruenjin now proud owners of the world Dyuramakkusu Royal has. quality, acclaimed in the process of heavy-duty truck market leader in terms of reliability and durability, proud of the role we played, “he said.

Recently, a new type 2011 equipped with Dyuramakkusu “Chevrolet Silverado” 3 / 4 ton pickups and large, “Sierra” is a one-ton large pickup, PickupTrucks.com pickup truck trial “2010 Heavy-Duty Shootout” in, the review committee consisting of experts selected the best car.

DMAX company the same day, also announced that the extensive environmental commitment-free facility of its landfill waste by the facility on October 1. GM is manufacturing waste recycling, owns 69 facilities around the world to convert or re-use of energy, DMAX will be join the ranks of its facilities. Be sent to landfill waste caused by factory work is not normal.

Mi shine CEO said, “Many manufacturing plants that together produce waste products, DMAX produced in factories, and only a small diesel engine exhaust. Waste produced in our factory are all be recycled or reused in any way, “he said.

In 2008, GM has announced intention to landfill waste-free facilities to the end of 2010 half of the world held its manufacturing facilities. Currently, work is ongoing to 95%.

Source: http://www.gmjapan.co.jp/newsrelease/detail/9048/

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