Category: News

Fleet Owner hires Neil Abt as senior editor

Fleet Owner, the trucking industry’s leading information source for more than 90 years, announces award-winning journalist Neil Abt is joining its editorial team as senior editor.

Abt brings more than 20 years of reporting experience, including 15 years covering the trucking industry, and a leadership role as editorial director of the American Trucking Assns.’ Transport Topics.  A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., he began his career covering sports for The Washington Post, followed by a position in the newsroom of America Online (AOL).

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Fleet Owner hires Neil Abt as senior editor

Fleet Owner, the trucking industry’s leading information source for more than 90 years, announces award-winning journalist Neil Abt is joining its editorial team as senior editor.

Abt brings more than 20 years of reporting experience, including 15 years covering the trucking industry, and a leadership role as editorial director of the American Trucking Assns.’ Transport Topics.  A graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., he began his career covering sports for The Washington Post, followed by a position in the newsroom of America Online (AOL).

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FCA pokes holes in vehicle frames to cut weight

Company says this new tactic is one of 24 “product expectation” topics being addressed by its engineers at annual SAE gathering.

Reducing weight is becoming a major engineering focus for light vehicle and commercial equipment manufacturers alike largely as part of an overall effort to generate fuel economy gains.

Along those lines, the U.S. division of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA US LLC) is experimenting with “poking holes” in car and light truck frame assemblies at precise locations the reduce weight.

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FCA pokes holes in vehicle frames to cut weight

Company says this new tactic is one of 24 “product expectation” topics being addressed by its engineers at annual SAE gathering.

Reducing weight is becoming a major engineering focus for light vehicle and commercial equipment manufacturers alike largely as part of an overall effort to generate fuel economy gains.

Along those lines, the U.S. division of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA US LLC) is experimenting with “poking holes” in car and light truck frame assemblies at precise locations the reduce weight.

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