NINETY YEARS OF CUMMINS ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
Published at 11.08.2009 in Components, Heritage
Though not of Cummins engines – the first applicable Cummins diesel engine was ready in 1931, but Clessie Lyle Cummins started designing and experimenting with the first prototypes in 1919, having founded the Cummins Engine Company in the year with the financial assistance of William Glanton Irvin. They both saw the commercial potential of an unproven engine technology invented two decades earlier by Rudolph Diesel.
O 3250: LONG-SERVING REGULAR IN PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Published at 22.04.2009 in International developments, Heritage
Staged in May 1949, the Technical Export Fair was to provide companies, in particular German companies, with a significant economic stimulus in the years and decades ahead. The fair witnessed the premiere of the 300 engine series in the L 3250 truck and O 3250 bus, a unit that would continue to serve in light and medium-duty trucks for almost half a century.
A CENTURY OF HYBRID BUSES
Published at 02.04.2009 in Alternatives, Heritage
Hybrid buses are almost a century old. The first ones were developed by the British vehicle manufacturer W.A. Stevens, who developed as W. A. Stevens Electrical Engineers a gasoline-electric vehicle in 1906.
MARCOPOLO CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY
Published at 07.03.2009 in International developments, Heritage
The Brazilian bus body manufacturer Marcopolo is celebrating his year its 60th birthday. An emblem with the numbers six and zero interlinked has been designed for this occasion. Based in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, Marcopolo has sold its products in over 104 countries and has facilities in South Africa, Argentina, China, Colombia Egypt, India, Mexico, Portugal and Russia.
SCANIA REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING HIGER ANNIVERSARY
Published at 01.02.2009 in International developments, Heritage
Higer Bus Co.,Ltd celebrated its 10th birthday on January 18, 2009, an event which was among other attended by representatives of Scania - Melker Jernberg, senior vice president of Scania Group and Mats Harborn, general manager of Scania Group (China), were present at this ceremonial activity.
