Trade Show Talk: Trends kicking off 2024
Alternative fuels, connectivity, efficiency—there’s been plenty to report on from trucking trade shows, but which topics stuck out most?
Mack announces 2023 Dealer of the Year winners
The Mack North American Dealer of the Year award for 2023 was presented to Nextran Truck Centers of Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Mack delivers LR Refuse EV to Costal Waste & Recycling
Mack and Coastal Waste & Recycling developed a route to favor for the LR Electric’s range, so it can complete a full day’s work.
Mack introduces mobile off-grid charging system
Mack says this will help customers test Class 6-8 trucks in the real world, to see if the vehicles can function in their fleet.
Mack announces expansion plans for Virginia plant
The money will go to an expansion at the Mack Trucks Roanoke Valley Operations manufacturing facility.
The medium-duty truck trend of the year
It’s electrifying.
Cambridge, Mass., sets its sights on fossil-fuel-free future
The sizeable city of Cambridge details its Clean Fleet Initiative.
Sustainability, technology take center stage at ATA MCE 2023
Battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and diesel trucks lined the halls of the association’s fall show.
Wisconsin’s Kriete Truck Centers achieves electric truck certification
Volvo, Mack Trucks designed its EV Dealer program to ensure technicians understand the proper safety procedures when servicing electric drivetrains and components.
Pacific Coast Heavy Truck Group is now a Mack Certified EV Dealer
Pacific Coast Heavy Truck Group, based in Langley, British Columbia, Canada is now a Mack Trucks Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) Dealer. This designation means that Pacific Coast went through requirements so that it would be able to service and support the Mack LR Electric refuse model. To become EV-certified, Mack dealers must meet numerous safety,
Hendrickson’s HAULMAXX EX launched at Mack Trucks
Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems has partnered with Mack Trucks to offer the Next Generation HAULMAAX EX heavy-duty rubber suspension. The Mack TerraPro and LR cab-over vehicles are now available for purchase with the HAULMAAX EX suspension at authorized Mack dealers. The HAULMAAX EX suspension’s equalizing beam distributes the load equally between both
Watch: Three ways today’s electric trucks are inspiring the electric trucks of tomorrow
Electric trucks have hit the road. Right now, electric trucks from both Peterbilt and Kenworth are in use in California ports; electric Freightliner and Fuso models from Daimler Trucks North America are in use by customers; and Volvo Trucks and Mack both have their own electric models that debuted early this year. There’s a lot