Category: Cab, Trailer & Body

PACCAR Achieves Excellent Financial Performance

PACCAR Achieves Excellent Financial Performance

| April 30, 2024

“Kenworth and Peterbilt’s industry-leading vocational trucks provide customers with the premium quality and durability required in rigorous construction applications.” PACCAR reported excellent revenues and net income in the first quarter of 2024,” said Preston Feight, chief executive officer. “PACCAR’s results reflect ongoing demand for premium quality DAF, Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks, aftermarket parts and financial […]

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Mack Trucks Announces Product Lineup at WasteExpo

Mack Trucks Announces Product Lineup at WasteExpo

| April 29, 2024

Mack announced it will feature the Mack® LR Electric, a Mack MD7 and a Mack TerraPro® in its booth Mack Trucks is showcasing its breadth of offerings for the waste industry during WasteExpo 2024. Mack announced it will feature the Mack® LR Electric, a Mack MD7 and a Mack TerraPro® in its booth and will […]

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Platform Science Raises $125 Million in Growth Capital

Platform Science Raises $125 Million in Growth Capital

| April 25, 2024

Leading connected vehicle platform accelerating momentum with OEMs, fleets and developers Platform Science, the leading edge application platform for transportation raised $125 million in growth capital to accelerate innovation in the commercial transportation sector. Key strategic investors included C.R. England, Cummins, Daimler Truck, PACCAR, RyderVentures, and Schneider. New financial investors included Activant Capital, BDT & MSD […]

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Range Energy and DB Schenker Announce Pilot of Electric-Powered Trailer Platform

Range Energy and DB Schenker Announce Pilot of Electric-Powered Trailer Platform

| April 25, 2024

Pilot agreement demonstrates commercial traction for implementing sustainable transportation equipment in existing commercial trucking operations Range Energy (Range), the company bringing powered trailers to the commercial trucking market, has signed a pilot agreement with DB Schenker, a global leader in logistics services, to deploy its electric-powered trailer. During the pilot, Range trailers will be implemented and evaluated […]

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E-SMART Drives Facility Safety with Backing Speed Management

E-SMART Drives Facility Safety with Backing Speed Management

| April 24, 2024

E-SMART Reverse puts facility managers in the driver’s seat for reducing the potential of backing accidents in company specified speed zones E-SMART, a leading Dynamic Speed Management provider, announced E-SMART Reverse, a new capability that adds a backing speed limiter to reduce the potential for accidents at company and customer facilities. “By some estimates, backing […]

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Volvo Trucks North America Continues ‘Toward Zero’ by Fueling All New Trucks with HVO at the New River Valley Plant

Volvo Trucks North America Continues ‘Toward Zero’ by Fueling All New Trucks with HVO at the New River Valley Plant

| April 24, 2024

Volvo Trucks is focused on the three-pillar strategy with battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and renewable fuels in the internal combustion engine Volvo Trucks North America has announced a significant advancement in its sustainability efforts by fueling newly assembled trucks with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), a renewable fuel, as they depart from the Volvo Trucks New […]

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