Equipment Kenworth achieves record Class 8, medium-duty market share February 8, 2021 Kenworth says it achieved record Class 8 and medium-duty market share in the U.S. and Canada in 2020. Its Class 8 market share was 15.8% in the U.S. and Canada,…
Equipment Manitoba offering more funding for green truck technologies February 8, 2021 Manitoba has opened the second round of applications for grants towards heavy truck fuel-saving technologies and retrofits. “One-third of greenhouse-gas emissions in our province comes from the transportation sector, so…
Equipment DTNA invests in Detroit plant to build ePowertrain February 8, 2021 Daimler Trucks North America (DNTA) has invested US$20 million into its Detroit manufacturing plant to build the new Detroit ePowertrain. It will be used to power Freightliner eCascadia and eM2…
Equipment Mountain Driving 101: Video series guides truck drivers in the mountains February 4, 2021 Drivers exposed to long mountain grades for the first time face a dilemma. They may not be aware of the physical limitations of their equipment to keep them at a…
Equipment Mountain Driving: The art and science of mountaineering February 4, 2021 This story stems from a horrific truck crash that occurred on Interstate 70 near Denver, Colo. in late April 2019. An apparently out-of-control truck careened down an 8-km stretch of…
Equipment Two Canadians on Kenworth Service Council February 4, 2021 Ryan Dicken of GreatWest Kenworth in Calgary, Alta., and Nicolas Letendre of Kenworth Maska in Sherbrooke, Que., have been named to Kenworth’s 2021 Service Council. (Kenworth) They are joined on…
Equipment Mountain Driving 101: How truck brakes work, and how they overheat February 4, 2021 This video is a primer on brakes. Equipment Editor Jim Park cover the basics on how they work and what happens when brake drums get hot. Hot brakes can…
Equipment Mountain Driving 101: Inspecting brakes before heading downhill February 4, 2021 When driving across the prairies or the plains, you’d probably never notice if a brake or two were out of adjustment, but you can’t take brakes for granted when…
Equipment Mountain Driving 101: Understanding signs, and using an AMT February 4, 2021 Some grades have signs that display a profile of the hill; some signage offers ambiguous warnings like, “Use Lower Gear” or “Slow Down,” but lower than what or how…
Equipment Mountain Driving 101: Match the truck gear and speed to the grade February 4, 2021 Mountain driving instructor Andy Roberts and equipment editor Jim Park talk their way through a downhill descent, explaining gear selection, desired road speed. They make two trips down…
Equipment Test Drive: Peterbilt’s New Model 579 Ultraloft February 4, 2021 It felt good to be behind the wheel of a brand new tractor-trailer after months of Covid-induced quarantine – even if the plains of Central Texas aren’t the most scenic…
Equipment Goodyear Ventures invests in TuSimple February 4, 2021 Goodyear Ventures, the investment arm of the tire maker, has invested in autonomous truck technology company TuSimple. TuSimple has autonomous trucks running out of facilities in Arizona, Texas, China, Japan…
Equipment ZF bringing PowerLine transmission production to U.S. February 4, 2021 ZF is investing US$200 million to produce its PowerLine 8-speed automatic transmission for the North American market at its Gray Court, S.C., plant. The company will add 500 jobs as…
Equipment Daimler to spin off truck business February 4, 2021 Daimler plans to spin off Daimler Truck as a separate business and establish two independent pure-play companies, eventually renaming the car part of the business as Mercedes-Benz. The Germany-based company…
Equipment Driving Peterbilt’s New Model 579 Ultraloft tractor February 3, 2021 It felt good to be behind the wheel of a brand new tractor-trailer after months of Covid-induced quarantine – even if the plains of Central Texas aren’t the most scenic…