Volvo Trucks redesigns VAH model
Volvo Trucks has made a comprehensive update to its VAH series, which is now available to order. The new model is designed on the same heavy-duty platform and with many of the features and construction found in Volvo Trucks’ vocational VHD model. The redesign of the Volvo VAH completes updates to Volvo Trucks North America’s
Detailing automated manual transmission options by truck application
How do you spec the right transmission hardware and outfit it with the proper software?
Volvo Trucks partners with Fontaine Modification on reduced-height VAH 300 day cab
The Volvo Auto Hauler (VAH) 300, Volvo Trucks’ North American day cab, is now available for order at an unladen 94.5-inch height. The lower overall height of the VAH 300 offers the flexibility to position a larger vehicle over the truck’s cab to maximize payload, Volvo says. A clean top-of-frame behind the cab also allows
Eaton introduces Advantage Automated Series clutches for AMTs
Eaton has expanded its Advantage Automated Series clutches to support popular automated transmissions available in the North American market, rounding out its aftermarket automated clutch portfolio. The announcement was made at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week. The Advantage Automated series clutches fit the unique needs of automated transmissions, which are featured on more than 75
Eaton Cummins Endurant transmissions standard on select International trucks
Endurant can be paired as part of an integrated powertrain with either the Cummins X15 engine or the International A26 engine, the company says.
Podcast: Talking autonomous trucks and the focus on the customer with Kenworth’s Kevin Baney
Kevin Baney, Kenworth general manager and PACCAR vice president, is interviewed in the latest edition of the Fleet Future podcast.
Volvo Trucks’ Peter Voorhoeve on the pace of innovation, electric truck development and what really matters
Volvo Trucks North America’s Peter Voorhoeve keeps getting pulled out of the room. The Volvo Trucks booth at Expo Transporte in Pueblo, Mexico, is a sea of eager customers awash in the ebb and flow of flickering flashbulbs, all calling for Peter’s attention. It’s a good problem to have as the president of Volvo Trucks
Daimler Trucks North America previews next-gen Detroit powertrain
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced the next generation of its DD15 engine, as well as enhancements to the DT12 automated manual transmission.
Automated and automatic transmissions for heavy-haul
Heavy-haul. Just the name itself gets across the kind of power that is needed for trucks in these applications. Yet the trucks need to be versatile as well, because the truck won’t spend all of its time on the jobsite.
Mack Trucks extended chassis fairings boost Anthem fuel efficiency
Mack Trucks aims to further increase the Mack Anthem model’s fuel efficiency with the addition of an all-new extended chassis fairing option. Integrated into the Anthem model’s existing fairings, the new option directs air more smoothly around the rear axles to improve fuel efficiency by up to 0.5%, according to the OEM.