Trailers Order Fell in February
While preliminary reports indicate trailer orders in February fell 23% since January to a total of 23,100 units, order activity remained consistent with seasonal trends, according to FTR.
While preliminary reports indicate trailer orders in February fell 23% since January to a total of 23,100 units, order activity remained consistent with seasonal trends, according to FTR.
Heavy Duty Trucking’s editors have announced the 2021 Top 20 Products, honoring the best new or significantly improved products of 2020.
Hino Trucks announced its will produce medium- and heavy-duty Hino trucks with Cummins engines for sale in North America and accelerate its development of battery-electric trucks.
Kenworth told Work Truck Week attendees that it has enhanced its MX engines for 2021, improving fuel economy and durability – and teased a new medium-duty truck to be introduced soon.
The $3 million project retrofits autonomous technology from NuPort Robotics on semi-tractor trailers for middle-mile runs around Greater Toronto.
New offerings include new interior options like seating upgrades and exterior options like heated mirrors and component upgrades on the M2.
While not proven conclusively, there is some speculation that some lidars could damage camera-based sensors on autonomous vehicle systems or cause eye damage.
Navistar will offer wider availability and ratings for its A26 engine in its International severe service trucks this year and longer maintenance intervals for the Cummins B6.7 and L9 engines.
Kenworth’s new 15-inch digital display, recently launched as a standard feature of the T680 Next Generation, will be a standard feature on Kenworth T880 and W990 models.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Premier Performance of Rexburg, Idaho, one of the nation’s largest sellers of aftermarket automotive parts, $3 million for illegally selling emissions-control defeat devices.
Plus said it will start production of its autonomous driving system for heavy trucks by the end of the year.
Under the agreement, Link will obtain the rights to Hadley’s dynamic air suspension control technology and its entire portfolio of legacy mechanical height control valve business.
The number of new Class 8 registrations in 2021 is expected to recover by more than 10% from 2020, IHS Markit officials said during a Work Truck Week 2021 virtual presentation.
The Michelin X Works D tire is designed for the construction, energy, concrete, and logging sectors operating in mixed use conditions.
When paired with the Endurant HD N automated transmission, the ISX12N natural gas engine can operate with 100% compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas or renewable natural gas.
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