Decker Truck Line celebrates delivery of 2,500th Peterbilt
Peterbilt Motors Company, along with Decker Truck Line, Inc., celebrated a relationship spanning six decades with the delivery of the transportation company’s 2,500th Peterbilt truck purchased from JX Truck Center.
Setting a new truck service benchmark
As a heavy-duty service manager, you’re already on the chopping block when it comes to service profitability and productivity. Wouldn’t you like to do better?
Peterbilt names 2018 Dealers of the Year
Peterbilt Motors Co. recently named The Peterbilt Store as its 2018 Dealer of the Year. “The Peterbilt Store has made significant investments in state-of-art facilities in multiple locations and it has paid off by making them one of the top performing dealer groups across several key metrics,” said Jason Skoog, PACCAR Vice President and Peterbilt
Kenworth, Toyota collaborate to develop zero emission trucks
Kenworth Truck Co. and Toyota Motor North America are collaborating to develop 10 zero-emission Kenworth T680s powered by Toyota hydrogen fuel cell electric powertrains. This collaboration is part of a $41 million Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Freight Facilities (ZANZEFF) grant preliminarily awarded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), with the Port of Los Angeles
Peterbilt shows off all-electric medium-duty Model 220EV
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Peterbilt Motors Co. pulled the curtain off of its all-electric medium duty Model 220EV. The zero emission 220EV is powered by two TransPower battery packs with a total of 148 kWh and a Meritor Blue Horizon two speed drive eAxle. It features a range of 100 miles and
Peterbilt introduces Vehicle Electrical Control Unit
Peterbilt Motors Co. announced the Vehicle Electrical Control Unit (VECU), which the company says will increase customer functionality and simplify body upfitting. “Peterbilt’s heritage is built on customers being able to order a truck that is designed and manufactured specifically to get the job done in the most efficient and reliable manner,” said Robert Woodall,
Peterbilt begins production of Model 579 UltraLoft
On July 6, Peterbilt Motors Co. delivered the keys to the first production unit of the new Model 579 UltraLoft to David Freymiller, president and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based Freymiller Trucking. Peterbilt announced the introduction of the Model 579 UltraLoft earlier this year. “The Model 579 UltraLoft was designed to exceed customer demands,
Root your next-gen equipment expectations in reality
Talking about the upcoming truck technology—be it advanced driver assistance systems, platooning, electrification or beyond—is fun, but it’s easy to jump to conclusions about what it means for your fleet and the industry. The gap between technology possibilities and application in reality is often wider than we anticipate. That’s not to say talk of new
AxleTech and the coming expansion of electrified solutions
First came the electric trucks; both production models (Fuso eCanter) and concepts (Cummins, Telsa, Nikola and Kenworth). Now, the electrified components segment is charged with launch energy. At the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, electrified solutions took center stage with Hyliion’s HE Drive Axle taking home the Jim Winsor
Purposeful innovation: Peterbilt’s Model 579 UltraLoft integral sleeper addresses driver demands, offers efficiency solutions
If you look closely at the newly unveiled Peterbilt Model 579 UltraLoft sleeper, you may see the fingerprints of the 400 drivers who shared opinions, the more than 100 drivers who were brought in for prototype feedback and the countless fleet customers who informed the integral sleeper design. You’d also notice the signatures of Peterbilt’s
