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Minneapolis protestors angered by delivery truck

A day cab driver found himself confronted by angry protestors while driving yesterday through downtown Minneapolis.

April 21, 2021

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Exhaust induction boosts MPG, reduces emissions and maintenance

Leonard's Express sees high fuel economy gains with SPIER System that cuts emissions and DPF maintenance with exhaust induction.

April 21, 2021

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Pete debuts four new vocational models

After 25 years, Peterbilt overhauls its medium duty truck lineup.

April 7, 2021

Designed for the Class 5 and Class 6 non-CDL lease and rental markets, the Model 535 and Model 536 were born from a clean sheet design and a development program that took five years.

Alternative power

Freightliner electric trucks now available for order

Nearly 750,000 collective miles have been accumulated on the early Freightliner electric fleet to-date.

April 6, 2021

At start of production, both Freightliner battery electric models will come equipped with the all-new Detroit ePowertrain.

Kenworth's all-new medium duty lineup has automotive vibe

Kenworth's production-ready trucks are purposefully built to fully address critical medium-duty market needs of fleet customers and drivers.

April 5, 2021

Global supply shortages begin to hit heavy truck builds

The parent of Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America said beginning next month the company will implement production stoppages across its global truck manufacturing operations.

March 24, 2021

Mack Trucks expects assembly disruptions at its Lehigh Valley Operations in the coming months.

Hino adds Cummins to Class 6-8 trucks

With production halted over emissions woes, Hino turns to Cummins for its L and XL Series trucks.

March 12, 2021

Project Z, Hino’s development path to zero emissions Class 4 through Class 8 trucks, leans on partnerships with technology leaders in advanced electrification drive systems.

Pete's refreshed 579 all-in on aero, tech

The new 579, boasting a 7% fuel economy improvement over prior generation models, is the most aerodynamic and fuel-efficient Peterbilt model built to-date.

March 4, 2021

Peterbilt New Model 579 Aerodynamics

Isuzu adds more power to Class 6 FTR, new FVR model

The company believes the Cummins B6.7 will appeal more broadly to fleets that need more power.

February 12, 2021

Availability of the B6.7 – the most popular diesel engine ever built by Cummins – marks the first time Isuzu has ever offered any engine other than its own on any of its models.

Alternative power

Kenworth testing Gen2 range-extended electrics

Kenworth recently delivered two prototype Kenworth T680 tractors, each equipped with a series hybrid-electric propulsion system, to Southern California drayage, warehouse and transportation company Total Transportation Systems Inc. (TTSI).

February 17, 2021

The two Kenworth T680 hybrid-electric vehicles use the Cummins Westport L9N Near Zero (NZ) emission engine fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG) driving a generator to extend the truck’s battery range.

Kenworth gives T680 an aero, tech makeover

Visually, the truck is striking and it’s a very un-Kenworth-like update in that there are very few little tweaks.

February 11, 2021

Taking Western Star’s all-new 49X for a spin

November 12, 2020

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Pete goes all in on aero, tech with refreshed 579

The new 579, boasting a 7% fuel economy improvement over prior generation models, is the most aerodynamic and fuel-efficient Peterbilt model to-date.

February 3, 2021

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Alternative power

Meritor readies electric axle production

February 3, 2021

Meritor has reached supplier agreements with Lion Electric, a Canadian manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles, Autocar, an American specialty truck manufacturer, and Volta Trucks, a London-based electric commercial vehicle startup. Each company will use the Blue Horizon 14Xe integrated ePowertrain in its production trucks.

Economic trends

Truck orders exceed 40K units for fourth consecutive month

Freight growth has pushed fleets to add capacity as fast as possible and OEMs and suppliers are wrestling to keep pace with surging demand.

February 2, 2021

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Alternative power

Tesla Semi facing shortage of battery cells

Semi would use about five times more cells than a passenger car, yet would not retail for five times what a car would sell for, "so it kind of would not make sense for us to do the Semi right now,” said Tesla boss Elon Musk.

January 28, 2021

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Nussbaum Transportation CEO stepping down next year

After a 45-year career that started in the maintenance shop, Brent Nussbaum will step down as CEO of Nussbaum Transportation in 2027.

Commercial trucks lined up at night, including yellow Volvo and gray Nissan vehicles in fleet formation

Volvo overhauls its heavy-haul VNX model: 'Nothing like you’ve ever seen before'

White autonomous semi-truck with 'No Driver Required' text overlay in parking lot

Launching Volvo and Aurora's 'driverless' VNL

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FMCSA’s proposed trucker language rule draws praise and pushback

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