Trucks Western Star vocational trucks get new safety features January 24, 2024 Western Star vocational X-Series trucks can now be spec’d with enhanced safety offerings. The 47X and 49X will now come standard with Detroit Assurance with Active Brake Assist (ABA5),…
Engines/Drivetrains Endurant XD available in vocational Freightliner, Western Star trucks December 12, 2023 The Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies Endurant XD automated transmission is now available in the Freightliner 114SD and Western Star 47X and 49X with Cummins engines.
Equipment GM to supply Autocar with fuel cells for terminal tractors, vocational trucks December 7, 2023 General Motors (GM) has announced a deal with Autocar to provide Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell power cubes for its electric terminal tractors and vocational trucks. It marks GM’s first foray…
Trucks Peterbilt offering Hendrickson Primaax EX August 17, 2023 Peterbilt is now offering the Hendrickson Primaax EX severe-duty vocational air suspension on its 567, 579 and 589 models. The suspension will be available in capacities of 46,000 and 52,000…
Engines/Drivetrains, Trucks Peterbilt offering new features on Paccar TX-18 transmission June 15, 2023 Peterbilt has announced new features available on its Paccar TX-18 Pro transmission, including an off-road calibration and rock-free mode. The transmission is available on the Peterbilt…
Trucks Mack gives Granite new grille, heated headlights January 19, 2023 Mack has refreshed its Granite model with an updated chrome grille and self-heating LED headlights it says improves forward visibility by 29% and peripheral visibility by up to 50%. The…
Equipment Plus Series substantially upgrades Freightliner’s medium-duty, vocational trucks September 13, 2022 The fact Freightliner’s M2 medium-duty and SD vocational models haven’t seen a serious revamp is a testament to their popularity. But, said officials when recently unveiling their first major makeover,…
Equipment Rush Truck Centres brings Battle to Canada September 1, 2022 A new brand of Class 8 vocational truck is taking to Canadian roads, starting in Ontario where the first Battle Motors truck will be deployed clearing snow and spreading sand…
Equipment Driving Autocar’s DC-64R vocational truck February 25, 2022 You’ve likely yet to see one in the wild, rare as they are, but the Autocar DC-64 severe-service trucks are beginning to trickle into Canada. Launched in 2019, Autocar has…
Equipment Autocar celebrates ‘badass’ year January 11, 2022 It was a successful year for Autocar, with the heavy truck maker able to continue production and maintain employment of its workers through the supply chain issues that affected all…
Equipment Western Star grows X-Series line September 23, 2021 Western Star’s new X-series of vocational trucks has expanded. The 47X, introduced today, provides all the benefits of the recently introduced 49X but in a more compact, lighter-weight design. Visitors…
Equipment Canada’s work truck market continuing to recover July 20, 2021 Canadian sales of Classes 7 and 8 tractors are up 35% year-to-date, but expect that to end the year at about a 15% increase now that the easier year-over-year comparables…
Equipment The art of upfitting vocational trucks April 28, 2021 Vocational trucks cover a very wide spectrum of uses. They are all designed to perform very specific tasks, and the combination of equipment is virtually endless. Many parties are involved…
Equipment International rolls out new HX Series November 17, 2020 LISLE, Ill. – International has launched its new HX Series vocational truck, giving it a more driver-centric design based on driver and fleet feedback. The new HX Series represents the…
Equipment Western Star takes wraps off all-new 49X vocational truck September 29, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. – A new Western Star, six years in the making, is joining the family, and the OEM boasts the truck is the organization’s most comprehensively tested vehicle ever.