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BRIEF Chevron: Expect changes with PC-11 oil category now offers the Michelin X Line Energy D drive tire for both its heavy- and medium-duty trucks in line-haul applications. announced its Parts Look-Up System (PLUS) designed to provide serviceable parts information for its truck and trailer suspension systems. reopened its truck modification center in Springfield, Ohio, to provide post-production work on Navistar on-highway and vocational trucks. is opening an electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Chicago due to the city���s development incentives and voucher system that accelerates the conversion from diesel to zero-emission all-electric commercial vehicles, as well as the large number of area fleets interested in vehicle electrification. Refrigerated carrier selected Thermo King���s Precedent trailer temperature control platform for its fleet in an exclusive three-year agreement. O il companies and engine manufacturers are busy working together through the auspices of the American Petroleum Institute to define, create and validate the industry���s next-generation diesel motor slated to appear in January 2016 ��� one year in advance of federallymandated greenhouse gas emissions-compliant engines. During an in-house meeting with CCJ and Overdrive editors in December, James McGeehan, global manager of diesel engine oil technology for Chevron Lubricants, said the new Product Category 11 (PC-11) likely will present the trucking and construction industries with their ���rst-ever split oil category in order to assure backwards compatibility for pre-2017 diesel engines as well as optimal emissions and fuel economy for 2017 engines. A key factor in this decision was concern from off-highway engine manufacturers such as Deere and Caterpillar, who point out that fuel economy is not a factor in their typical applications and worry that lower-viscosity oils designed to reduce the engine���s internal friction and boost fuel economy will not be durable enough in certain harsh working conditions. As a result, McGeehan said, the ���rst new oil ��� likely to be designated API CK-4 ��� will be blended to be fully compatible with older oil categories back to CH-4, thereby preserving lubricity performance for older vehicles while protecting new emissions and GHG technologies that will begin appearing on engines as 2017 draws near. A separate oil category ��� currently referred to as ���API XX��� ��� will be blended speci���cally for 2017 and later engines with an emphasis on fuel economy and meeting GHG emissions standards. It will be up to each engine manufacturer to specify which oil will be spec���d for their engines. ��� Jack Roberts signed a distribution and marketing agreement with American Power Group to endorse APG technology and engage its member companies in establishing a North American network to market and install APG���s Vehicular Turbocharged Natural Gas Systems. with a fuelefficiency package is touring dealerships across the United States through 2013. Equipped with the Detroit DD15 engine, the 4900SB FE combines aerodynamic features and lightweight options to help improve fuel economy. fleet of 250 natural gas vehicles surpassed six million miles. The fleet, deployed in 2011, consists of 35 LNG and 215 CNG tractors running in 32 customer operations in California, Arizona and Michigan. 16 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JANUARY 2013 Dallas��� Swann wins big at Rush tech rodeo J ason Swann was the biggest prize winner at last month���s Rush Truck Centers Tech Skills Rodeo in San Antonio, taking home $20,500 in cash and prizes. Swann, who works at the Rush Heavy-Duty facility in Dallas, was the all-around prize-winner in the Heavy-Duty Division. John Dobberpuhl, the top all-around winner in the Medium-Duty Division, won $19,500 in cash and prizes. Dobberpuhl works at the Denver Medium-Duty facility. Second-place all-around winners were Mike Jones, $11,000 in cash and prizes, Heavy-Duty; and Steve Brain, $10,000 in cash and prizes, MediumDuty. Third-place all-around winners were Randy Hughes, $8,500 in cash and prizes, Heavyduty; and Pieter Dezwart, $6,500 in cash and prizes, Medium-Duty. ��� Max Heine