Paccar’s TX-18 AMT offers an iron fist in a velvet glove

It’s not Canada, but close. If you’re looking to showcase a severe-duty, automated manual transmission (AMT) for Class 8 trucks, winter in Michigan is not a bad choice. And so,…

Paccar TX-18 transmission ready for vocational demands

Paccar has unveiled its latest automated transmission (AMT) in the form of the vocational TX-18 designed for on- and off-highway applications. It was developed through a partnership with Eaton. The…

Test Drive: Kenworth showcases its zero-emissions truck lineup

The Paccar Innovation Center sits in a quiet California neighborhood in the heart of Silicon Valley within a stone’s throw of the some the biggest names in automotive design and…

Tires have a story to tell, and sensors will listen

Tires don’t have moving parts, but they can be difficult to design and manufacture. They also present some of the most difficult fleet maintenance challenges. But sensors and connected tires…

Spec’ing trucks is an ever-evolving process

Getting your truck spec’s right depends on your application, first and foremost, according to fleet professionals presenting on Truck Spec’s 2022 at the Technology and Maintenance Council Fall Meeting in…

Your truck batteries may have life left in them

Batteries can be confusing to deal with, but there are sure-fire ways to determine if there’s still any life left in them. There’s a certain amount of alchemy at play…

Plenty of planning needed before adopting electric trucks: Panel

In theory, adopting electric trucks sounds relatively simple: Find a truck, plug it in, and run it. Right? In reality, moving a fleet to electric trucks is a process that…

Final Mile fleets eye electric vehicles, but charging infrastructure ‘elusive’

Some of North America’s largest Final Mile delivery fleets are clearly looking to become early adopters of the electric vehicles that promise to keep emissions in check. And that’s no…

NACFE kicks off Run on Less Electric to evaluate electric truck capabilities

Beginning today, all across the U.S. and Canada, 13 truck fleets in a wide array of diverse applications will begin running their electric trucks in a brand-new scientific and engineering…

Electric trucks ‘the work of our lifetime’

There is a definite feeling in the air at the Advanced Clean Transportation Exhibition (ACT Expo). It’s not electricity, exactly. More like the feeling that electricity — or battery power,…

Peterbilt’s Skoog identifies steps to support electric trucks

Electric trucks are making headway quickly in North America. But Peterbilt general manager and Paccar vice-president Jason Skoog says there are four specific things the trucking industry can do to…

Peterbilt embraces a ‘total rethink’ with MD lineup

Peterbilt has followed up on the virtual launch of its medium-duty truck lineup, giving North American journalists a chance to spend some time behind the wheel to see how the…

In conversation with Kenworth’s Kevin Baney

Standing in downtown Phoenix, Ariz., preparing for the second big Kenworth truck launch in three weeks, Kenworth general manager and Paccar vice-president Kevin Baney seemed relaxed and eager to put…

Kenworth debuts new medium-duty truck line

Refusing to cede the spotlight hot on the heels of the launch of the new, Next Generation T680 highway tractor, Kenworth’s medium-duty group has announced the…

Test Drive: Kenworth T680 Next Gen a technological tour-de-force

I remember the first time I saw a Kenworth T680. It was back in 2012 on the floor of the Mid-America Truck Show in Louisville, Ky. The new T680s were…