At a recent ride and drive event held by Peterbilt, HDT editor Jack Roberts got to tour the world class car museum at the Gateway Resort in Gateway, Colorado.
Peterbilt Motors Company certified the graduation of the Peterbilt Technician Institute’s (PTI) 50th graduating class.
Quiet, cool and capable: All good things to have in a truck you’re driving in some of the most inhospitable country in North America, writes Senior Editor Jack Roberts about putting the Peterbilt Model 567 vocational truck through its paces.
The parent company of truck makers Peterbilt, Kenworth, and DAF reported on July 24 a 50% rise in profit and forecast the strong truck sales market will continue into 2019.
Peterbilt has added two safety-focused options for Models 567 and 579 trucks: an alert switch and a pass-through seat.
Peterbilt has delivered the keys to the first owner of a new Model 579 UltraLoft after announcing the model earlier this year.
Peterbilt has announced that the Paccar Automatic Transmission is available as an option with the Paccar MX-11 engine. Additionally, Bendix Wingman Fusion has been made standard on all new Model 579 trucks.
Peterbilt showcased the Paccar Innovation Center in Sunnyvale, California, to demonstrate its continuing efforts to identify, develop and deploy emerging technologies in trucking.
Real-world deployment of truck platooning systems appears close, but developers aren’t keen to offer many details on their efforts.
Volvo and Paccar both reported that profits moved higher in the first quarter of the year as sales also improved, increasing their predictions for the Class 8 truck market for 2018.