Your truck is out of warranty—now what?
There comes a day in every truck’s life when the warranty runs its course and it’s out on the road, on its own. As a fleet manager who has to balance load and delivery demands, the last thing you need to worry about is whether your truck will make it to its final mile. Drivetrain
Kenworth K270E/K370E battery-electric trucks available to order
The zero-emission Kenworth K270E Class 6 and K370E Class 7 battery-electric vehicles are now available for order from Kenworth dealers in the U.S. and Canada. The electric powertrain is available with high-density battery packs of 141kWh and 282kWh that deliver up to 100- and 200-mile range, respectively, with zero emissions, Kenworth says, adding the electric
An overview of the TPMS and ATIS offerings
There is a wide variety of tire inflation technology available, both in TPMS and ATIS form. Let’s take a quick look at some of the offerings.
Hyliion, Dana join Idealease to demonstrate hybrid system for Class 8 Vehicles
Hyliion Inc. and Dana Inc. have launched a national program with Idealease to demonstrate Hyliion’s Hybrid Diesel Powertrain to Idealease customers. Idealease is North America’s premier full-service commercial truck leasing, rental and maintenance company. Hyliion says its Hybrid Diesel system can reduce fuel usage, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, improve performance and reduce operating costs for
A service dashboard data use-case: Truck tire maintenance
If you’re just dipping your toe into the dashboard deep-end, finding a system to help provide visibility and control of your fleet’s tire program is a good place to start. To that end, Dana has developed its Rhombus TireAnalytics dashboard, which was created to give a fleet visibility and control of its tire program to
Dana introduces Spicer Trac-Lok for medium-duty trucks
Dana Inc. has introduced the new Spicer Trac-Lok limited-slip differentials (LSD) for medium-duty truck applications, which the company says autonomously delivers improved vehicle handling. “Spicer Trac-Lok provides improved traction capability without the driver engaging any switches or mechanisms, thus reducing frequent incidents of poor traction and lessening instability during turns. It also places less stress
How truck tire data tells an application story
Data is simply the representation of activity in digital zeroes and ones. So, what if you could leverage it to better understand your truck tire activity–from how they perform in their application to wear patterns and reasons for removal? That’s information that you could act on to boost your bottom line. You know how huge
Hyliion launches Hypertruck Electric Range Extender
Hyliion Inc. has launched the Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX), a long-haul, fully-electric powertrain which the company says delivers superior performance, emissions reductions and cost-savings to the global trucking industry. The launch of the Hypertruck ERX is anchored by logistics company Agility, which has confirmed a pre-order of up to 1,000 trucks and has agreed
Dana aftermarket website open for parts purchasing
Dana Inc.’s e-commerce platform and catalog, DanaAftermarket.com, is now available 24/7, the company announced. The company says visitors to DanaAftermarket.com will find information about Spicer, Spicer Select, Victor Reinz, GWB, Albarus, Brevini, Glaser, and Spicer TorqueHub parts, and can view global inventory levels. The site also features a search bar to find automotive, commercial vehicle
Dana unveils new electric motor, drive axle for lift trucks
Dana Inc. has introduced new drive technologies for material-handling vehicles, including a low-voltage, high-efficiency motor for electric-powered applications, as well as a new series of modular, high-efficiency drive axles for Class I, IV, and V industrial lift trucks. New low-voltage, high-efficiency motor Dana has launched a new 48- to 120/144-volt synchronous reluctance internal permanent magnet
Kenworth introduces new airbrake package for K370 Cabover
Kenworth has introduced an airbrake package with a 23,000-lb. rear axle for enhanced road capacity for the K370 cabover. Combined with the K370’s standard 12,000-lb. front axle, the new axle offering increases the K370’s gross combination weight rating to 35,000 lbs. The package features the Dana S23-172 or S23-172E rear axle, 1710 drivelines, 22.5-in. tires,
Dana adds director of electric vehicle systems engineering
Dana Incorporated has added Dr. Hong Yang as the company’s senior director of electric vehicle systems engineering for its commercial vehicle drive and motion business unit. In this role, he will lead full electric vehicle architecture and systems engineering, including software deployment and testing, component and subsystem integration, as well as Dana’s hybrid and electric
