Testing autonomous trucks is more complex than it seems. The men and women sitting in the left seat of the nation's burgeoning fleet of robotic trucks are often called safety drivers. Their responsibilities are far more comprehensive than just keeping the truck out of trouble.
Truck Enterprises, Inc. has now joined the Kenworth family. This expansion adds eight Kenworth truck dealerships located in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia to the existing 23 locations in seven states currently operated by the company.
According to both ACT Research and FTR, preliminary North American Class 8 net orders for August increased, climbing to 19,500 and 20,500 units, respectively.
Ike’s autonomous deployment model could create 140,000 new local truck driving jobs by 2030, the company says.
Mack Trucks hosted a virtual deep-dive session about the all new Mack MD Series of medium-duty trucks for more than 300 people, who represented more than 200 different municipalities and companies, as well as their Mack dealers.
The world will get its first look at the all-new Western Star vocational truck on Sept. 29, 2020.
Peterbilt announced a special introductory lease offer on the Peterbilt Model 220EV battery-electric medium-duty truck through PacLease, offering lower monthly payments for the first year of the six-year lease.
The California Air Resources Board approved sweeping new emissions regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks sold in the state. Truck and engine makers decried the new rule.
Continental recently announced a pair of promotions for its Truck Tires business in the Americas region, which is comprised of medium/heavy commercial tires.
Waymo is hiring Class A Drivers to monitor autonomous systems during driverless truck tests out of its new Dallas facility.
Kenworth offers new options for Kenworth T270 and T370 medium-duty conventional trucks, including a roll-back flatbed application, new chrome round convex mirrors, and added safety systems.
ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Control Systems Division recently announced that Navistar has selected Wabco Maxxus L2.0 air disc brakes as available equipment for International LT and RH series.
The all-new Mack MD Series of medium-duty trucks will be supported by Mack’s extensive body builder resources. Mack MD model information on the Body Builder Portal will be available beginning September 1.
The speed of innovation and product development in trucking today keeps accelerating, but one bottleneck is the ability to test in real-world conditions. Allison Transmission says it has a solution for that in its new Vehicle Environmental Test center.
Speakers at the opening session of ACT Virtual share progress on electric-truck development and deployment.
While 2019 saw surges in equipment purchases in the last few months of 2019, the COVID-19 outbreak quickly changed the landscape.
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