Paccar is recalling approximately 455,458 model-year 2008-2019 Peterbilt and 2008-2020 Kenworth Trucks equipped with NAMUX software.
Peterbilt highlighted the Model 567, 348, 337, and 220 in a variety of applications at the 20th anniversary of The Work Truck Show.
PacLease continued its vehicle growth trend by increasing its new full-service rental and leasing business by 18% in 2019.
Meritor and Kenworth will partner on developing an electric Kenworth T680E, reported to be a short-hood day cab in tractor with an operating range between 100 to 150 miles, depending on application.
Peterbilt is formally teaming up with Dana on electric powertrain development for its Model 220EV. The announcement was made at CES, the annual electronics show in Las Vegas, where Peterbilt also brought reporters up to speed on its electric-truck development progress overall.
Paccar is recalling certain 2020 model-year Kenworth T800, T880, and W990 and Peterbilt 348, 367, 389, 520, and 567 vehicles.
Paccar Parts celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Fleet Services program. The program was launched in the fourth quarter of 2009 to drive uptime and allow fleet customers to streamline purchases from Paccar dealerships.
The top most-viewed news items in 2019 were all about new trucks. It’s clear work truck fleet managers care about what’s new and fresh and continually work on updating their vehicle selectors and specs.
PacLease used trucks are sold through most Kenworth and Peterbilt dealership locations, with the automaker noting they are sought after by used-truck buyers.
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.