Mack Trucks - Mon October 19, 2020
Mack Trucks Donates $25,000 to St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund
Mack Trucks donated $25,000 in proceeds from sales of the Mack #ThankATrucker Life Is Good T-shirt to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund (SCF), a nonprofit offering financial assistance to ill or injured professional drivers and health and wellness programs....
Volvo - Mon October 19, 2020
Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M to Deploy VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks
Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Targeted Air Shed Grant Program is providing $20 million in funding, supplemented by $1.7 million from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) for charging infrastructure, to improve air quality in the region....
Kenworth - Wed October 14, 2020
Blue Max Trucking Adds PACCAR 12-Speed Automated Transmission with Vocational Calibrations for Kenworth T880s
Blue Max Trucking is one of the first vocational fleets to add the PACCAR 12-speed automated transmission featuring vocational-specific calibrations. The company specified the PACCAR transmission in some of its new Kenworth T880s used in its dump division operations....
Kenworth - Thu October 08, 2020
Kenworth Honored as a 2020 Top Workplace for Women in Transportation by Women in Trucking
Kenworth was honored as a 2020 top workplace for women in the transportation industry by the Women in Trucking Association (WIT). It marks the third consecutive year that Kenworth has received special recognition from the organization....
Mack Trucks - Wed October 07, 2020
Mack Trucks Delivers Mack LR Electric Model to Republic Services to Begin Real-World Trials
Mack Trucks has delivered a pre-production Mack LR Electric model to Republic Services to begin in-service trials in the demanding refuse segment. Mack will use key learnings from the trials to further refine the LR Electric as it prepares to accept orders for the truck in Q4 2020, with production beginning in 2021....
Hino Trucks - Tue October 06, 2020
Hino Trucks, Toyota Jointly Develop Class 8 Fuel Cell Electric Truck
With the rapidly expanding interest in heavy-duty electric trucks, Hino Trucks and Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) have agreed to jointly develop a Class 8 fuel cell electric truck (FCET) for the North American market....
Ritalka - Tue October 06, 2020
Integral dx Acquires Schwing Concrete Truck Mixer Product Line in U.S., Canada
The RITALKA family of companies announced its acquisition of Schwing's concrete truck mixer product line in the United States and Canada. Schwing has been a leading manufacturer of truck mixers and entered the American market in 1982 in White Bear, Minn....
Caterpillar - Mon October 05, 2020
Next Generation Cat 785 Mining Truck Advances Efficiency, Productivity for Lower Costs
The Next Generation Cat 785 mining truck enhances operator safety and performance, provides more intuitive and predictable operation, delivers faster and easier access to data, and streamlines maintenance — to boost efficiency and lower costs — according to the manufacturer....
Mack Trucks - Wed September 30, 2020
Mack Trucks' Lehigh Valley, Pa., Operations Completes Major Renovation
Mack Trucks has achieved a major milestone at its Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) in Macungie, Pa., with the completion of an $84 million renovation project dubbed "Reborn."The comprehensive project revitalized the facility's infrastructure, equipment, systems and processes to create a modernized Lean Manufacturing environment delivering even greater production quality, safety and efficiency....
John Deere - Tue September 29, 2020
John Deere Improves Fuel Burn, Boosts Productivity With New E-II Articulated Dump Trucks
Designed with the demands of today's job site in mind, John Deere has introduces the new E-II articulated dump trucks (ADTs). The models, including the 410E-II and 460E-II, incorporate customer-driven features, resulting in greater operator comfort, reduced fuel burn, increased uptime and lowered daily operating costs, according to the manufacturer....
