2021 model year diesel engines: What you need to know
With so many new emissions standards affecting fleets, Fleet Equipment put together everything you need to know about model year 2021 diesel engines.
Kenworth, Dana collaborate on electric truck powertrain development
The companies made an announcement in conjunction at this year’s CES in Las Vegas.
Manufacturers continue to roll out electric medium-duty trucks
Peterbilt, Kenworth, Navistar, Daimler, Freightliner and Cummins are a few of the companies making recent leaps in electric medium-duty truck development.
Executive interview: Kenworth is rolling with the changes
The sun is streaming through the shades of Kevin Baney’s corner office at Kenworth headquarters in Kirkland, Washington. It’s a brilliantly sunny morning—a rarity for Washington in October, Kevin tells me. Below these shades is a shelf on which sits three detailed models of Kenworth trucks—the T680, T880 and W990. Each of these models is
Peterbilt expands availability of PACCAR transmission to vocational applications
Peterbilt Motors Company has expanded availability for the PACCAR 12-speed automated transmission. The transmission is now available for use in vocational applications where the truck spends most of its time on pavement or maintained dirt and gravel roads, such as roll-offs, bottom dump trailers and heavy equipment transport.
Peterbilt displays lineup of electric vehicles at NACV
PACCAR is showcasing zero-emission vehicles at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show (NACV) that runs Oct. 28-31 in Atlanta. Peterbilt Motors Company will showcase its three electric vehicle configurations for refuse, regional haul and city delivery applications. Kenworth will display a fuel cell electric vehicle.
Peterbilt offers enhanced features with Bendix Wingman Fusion collision-mitigation system
Peterbilt Motors Company has enhanced capabilities and added new features for the next generation Bendix Wingman Fusion collision-mitigation system. The system comes standard on the company’s Model 579.
Peterbilt launches over-the-air engine updates technology
Peterbilt Motors Co. announced the addition of over-the-air (OTA) updates for the PACCAR MX engines and aftertreatment systems beginning in December.
Kenworth T880 now standard with PACCAR 20K front axle
The vocational-focused Kenworth T880 is now standard with the PACCAR 20K front axle. The PACCAR 20K front axle is available with ratings of 20,000 or 22,000 lbs, and uses a tapered kingpin roller bearing, which simplifies the design and delivers enhanced steering efficiency. The PACCAR front axle offers steering angles up to 50 degrees and
Kenworth T880 adds PACCAR Transmission for vocational applications
The PACCAR transmission will become available in light vocational applications, including construction, mining, refuse, and agriculture for the Kenworth T880.
Watch: Peterbilt 579 Epiq Ultraloft Blackout exterior package walk-around
Fleet Equipment had the chance to walk through the Peterbilt 579 Epiq package Ultraloft decked out with its Blackout exterior package at the PACCAR engine plant in Columbus, Miss.
Watch: Peterbilt 567 ride-along
At the PACCAR engine plant in Columbus, Miss., Tony Sablar, Peterbilt Motors Co.’s vocational marketing segment manager, takes us for a ride in a Peterbilt 567 dump truck powered by a PACCAR MX-13 engine, sporting air disc brakes and a Bendix advanced collision mitigation system. Sablar talks through the feature benefits and highlights the growing
