Ending an era that lasted 14 years, the final Kenworth K500 cabover was completed in mid-August at its assembly plant in Renton, Washington. The K500 was primarily popular with the OEM’s oil and gas exploration customers.
August 12, 2020
Navistar International announced a series of executive appointments, including two new division presidents and the vice president of emerging technologies, strategy and planning.
August 11, 2020
Cummins and Navistar have extended their engine partnership through the next two emission cycles.
August 10, 2020
Vanguard Truck Centers, a Volvo Trucks North America dealership with facilities in six states, recently opened a new location in Georgetown, Texas, just outside of Austin, making it the eighth facility in Texas and the 19th overall.
August 10, 2020
In an effort to support its Services and Solutions division, Michelin recently introduced Maestro, a digital cloud-based platform, to improve service between providers, fleets, and Michelin.
August 10, 2020
GreenPower has completed the first EV Star CarGo+ delivery box truck in collaboration with Marathon Truck Body of Santa Clarita, Calif., scheduled for customer delivery later this month.
August 10, 2020
Peterbilt’s Denton, Texas, factory, which has become the main manufacturing facility for the brand since it was built in 1980, recently celebrated its 40th anniversary.
August 7, 2020
According to both ACT Research and FTR, preliminary North American Class 8 net orders jumped to around 20,000 units in July. This 27-28% increase effectively doubled the amount of trucks sold in July 2019.
August 5, 2020
SelecTrucks’ newest location, SelecTrucks of Chattanooga, is the third center to open this year and the 29th store in its network.
August 3, 2020
Autocar announced six new, advanced safety updates to its Autocar ACX severe-duty cabover vehicles to make them even safer.
August 3, 2020
Freightliner’s Innovation Fleet recently accumulated more than 300,000 miles in real-world use by customers.
July 31, 2020
![A Walkaround of Volvo's New VHD Vocational Truck [Video]](https://fleetimages.bobitstudios.com/upload/trucking-info/content/video/2020-07/volvovhdwalkaround2-__-270x180-a.jpg)
Watch a video walk-around of the new Volvo VHD, which Volvo calls the most significant evolution of its vocational truck offering in decades.
July 30, 2020
Talbert Manufacturing recently unveiled the 5553TA, a traveling axle trailer with a planetary winch and Talbert’s redesigned piggy-back cylinder with more than 25% more power to move axles in adverse conditions.
July 30, 2020
The Class 8 electric vehicle is domiciled at Penske's Ontario, California, facility and is being used by Core-Mark to haul between 13,000 to 18,000 pounds of food and beverages to convenience stores.
July 30, 2020
Fontaine’s product line was recently made available through Peterbilt’s data book, making it easy to order Peterbilt tractors equipped with Fontaine No-Slack fifth wheels.
July 29, 2020