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To better serve its customers, Kenworth opened two new dealerships: one in La Crosse, Wis., and the other in St. George, Utah.
Before the two brothers could haul their first load of dirt for their new excavating company, they needed trucks. Starting with a purchase from their father's business, their fleet of Kenworth trucks has grown from there.
Located just outside of Phoenix, the 268,000 square-foot parts and distribution facility stocks more than 10,000 parts and serves over 130 DTNA dealers in the Southwest region.
Daimler is launching an E-Mobility Ecosystem consutling business to help fleets find out if their operations would be suitable for electric trucks.
Class 8 truck orders hit a high point for 2019 in October; however, in what is traditionally a great month for truck orders, that performance marked the weakest level since 2016, according to preliminary reports.
Members of the United Auto Workers union have ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with Mack Trucks, covering 3,500 employees at the company’s manufacturing facitlities.
Projecting to end 2019 with near-record Class 8 market share and record-setting medium-duty market share, Peterbilt is looking to the strength of the vocational market for 2020 to help it continue that success, while adding new uptime-related initiatives and planning to have electric trucks in production by the end of next year.
Hino has unified its medium- and new heavy-duty product lines under a single naming structure, with updated exteriors and exteriors and new features, such as active safety and crew-cab options.
Kenworth made a series of announcements about features and equipment changes for the company’s trucks as well as other customer facing offerings aimed at improving ownership.
Electric truck manufacturer Orange EV announced its second facility expansion in four years, moving ot a site with more than five times the production capacity.