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....
Wed October 14, 2020
Titan Leaf Solutions Launches New Leaf Vacuum Line
Titan Leaf Solutions announced the launch of its newest leaf vacuum — The Olympian. Joining the ranks of the Titan and Spartan leaf vacuums, the Olympian boasts an impressive number of industry leading features, like the reengineered ride-on operator platform, improved collection arm and new dust suppression system, according to the manufacturer....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
Wed September 23, 2020
Niece Manufacturing Offers Construction, Mining Solutions
Niece Manufacturing offers a full line of off-highway water trucks, fuel trucks and fuel/lube trucks for the construction and mining industries. Its line also includes on-highway water trucks and fuel trucks....
Wed September 23, 2020
First Mack LR Electric Model Begins Service with New York City Department of Sanitation
Mack Trucks has turned over the keys to its highly anticipated LR Electric demonstration model to New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) officials, who will put it through rigorous, real-world trials....
Wed September 23, 2020
Mack Trucks' Roanoke Valley Operations Begins Full Production of Mack MD Series
Mack Trucks' all-new Mack MD Series of medium-duty vehicles is now in full production at Mack's new Roanoke Valley Operations (RVO) facility in the Roanoke Valley, Va. "Mack Trucks is very proud of the dedication of the RVO team, who worked tirelessly to begin full production amidst the challenges of COVID-19," said Martin Weissburg, president of Mack Trucks....
