Western Star introduced the 47X vocational truck, a lighter-weight complement to the Western Star 49X.
John O’Leary, the new chief at Daimler Trucks North America, talks about the challenges of a booming truck market, the launch of new vocational and electric trucks, its parent company, and more.
The latest Detroit DD13 engine is 60 pounds lighter, thanks to a new aftertreatment system, and is available on the Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 49X trucks.
Often seen as long-haul or over-the-road, there are many heavy-duty trucks that perfectly fit a fleet’s heavier vocational needs.
A growing trend in second-stage manufacturing is light-weighting, which involves specifying lighter-weight materials to achieve an overall weight reduction to an upfitted vehicle. Specifying lighter-weight upfit materials decreases the vehicle’s curb weight, which, in turn, lowers operating costs by reducing fuel consumption and decreases emissions.
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.
Mack is offering weight savings for vocational customers when pairing its mRide suspension with proprietary Mack axles.
Updates are found in the new VMUX electrical system, which delivers enhanced functionality and integration with many different types of bodies for vocational customer applications.
2021 marks the 100th year of Autocar making purpose-built vocational trucks. Check out this photo gallery to see Autocar trucks through the decades.
Autocar has rolled out severe-duty versions of its new DC Series vocational truck.
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