The future of heavy-duty trucking will arrive at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this month. The first two fuel cell electric heavy duty Class 8 trucks built under the Zero and Near Zero Emissions Freight Forwarding (ZANZEFF) project sponsored by the state of CA are preparing for… Read more »
Daimler Truck Financial Launches Keep the World Moving Finance Program for New Freightliner and Western Star Trucks
Daimler Truck Financial (DTF) and Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) are making it easier than ever to purchase the trucks on which the world depends with the introduction of the Keep the World Moving finance program. Named to pay homage to Daimler Truck’s global purpose and designed for the drivers… Read more »
Volvo Trucks in North America demonstrate electric heavy duty trucks
At an exclusive event at the TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California, Volvo Trucks offered a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks. In Europe, Volvo Trucks recently started sales of electric trucks for urban transports and demonstrated electric concept trucks for construction operations and regional… Read more »
The Kenworth T680 with Integrated Toyota Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology Stars at Port of Los Angeles
The Kenworth T680 on-highway flagship was the featured Class 8 truck at a major, zero emissions trucking event that featured more than 100 participants from government, industry, local community and the media held Monday at the Port of Los Angeles. Kenworth / Toyota Fuel Cell Electric Truck (FCET) Kenworth Truck… Read more »
PACCAR Names Preston Feight as Chief Executive Officer
PACCAR Inc announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Preston Feight as chief executive officer (CEO) effective July 1, 2019. Mr. Feight was also elected as a member of the Board of Directors, effective on the same date. Preston Feight is currently executive vice president of PACCAR and… Read more »
Daimler’s great American story
For all the gloominess around car maker Daimler, which on Feb 6 revealed a 28% downturn in 2018 profits and slashed its dividend, the story that never made the headlines was how well Daimler’s trucking division is doing. We already posted the big numbers here, but behind the hard-charging… Read more »
Daimler Trucks: record year 2018 with best-ever unit sales, revenue and earnings – further growth in unit sales expected for 2019
2018 was the most successful year in the history of Daimler Trucks to date, with record unit sales, revenue and earnings (EBIT). Daimler’s truck division increased its unit sales by 10 percent to 517,300 vehicles in the year under review – its highest unit sales (2017: 470,700). Daimler Trucks recorded double-digit… Read more »
The new Tesla Semi will travel 500 miles on a single charge
Last night, Tesla, showcased its brand new all-electric semi-truck big-rig in front of an ecstatically positive crowd in Los Angeles, CA. CEO Elon Musk officially introduced Tesla to the trucking industry with their new semi-truck. So some hot points for you to feast your eyes on; 500 miles of battery range… Read more »
Freightliner Unveils 60-Inch Raised Roof Configuration for New Cascadia
Freightliner’s new Cascadia® will now be offered in a 60-inch raised roof sleeper model in both 116- and 126-inch BBC platforms – adding to the number of configurations available for the groundbreaking truck model. “Driver experience is a key part of our Real Cost of Ownership proposition, and this is… Read more »
Safety Innovations Make New Volvo VNL and VNR Series the Safest Volvo Trucks Ever
The new Volvo VNL and VNR series combine active safety innovations to help professional drivers reduce fatigue and distraction, making the new long-haul and regional haul models the safest Volvo trucks ever. “The new VNR and VNL series strengthen our leading passive safety features with active safety innovations to help… Read more »
