Equipment Paccar celebrates 10 years of North American engine production December 2, 2020 BELLEVUE, Wash. – Paccar is celebrating 10 years of North American engine manufacturing. The company began planning to produce engines in its Columbus, Mississippi factory in 2006, bringing in a…
Equipment Ritchie Bros. sells equipment worth $82M November 30, 2020 GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — Ritchie Bros. has set an auction record at Grande Prairie sales. The auctioneer said Monday it sold more than 4,900 pieces of equipment worth $82 million…
Equipment Cyber attack takes Rand McNally ELDs offline November 25, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Rand McNally’s DriverConnect ELD platform is not working, following a cyber attack affecting the company’s hosted and network systems. It is instructing affected fleets and drivers to…
Equipment DTNA’s Mount Holly truck plant celebrates milestones November 24, 2020 MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. – Daimler Trucks North America’s Mount Holly truck plant recently celebrated its 41st anniversary, and production of its 700,000th truck. The M2 106 extended cab went to…
Equipment Truck OEMs charting course to ‘ultra-clean’ November 23, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – The path to ultra-clean truck transportation begins with clean diesel engines today, but will eventually be dominated by electric trucks. But on that journey, truck manufacturers must…
Equipment XL Specialized expanding production capacity November 20, 2020 MANCHESTER, Iowa – Specialty trailer manufacturer XL Specialized Trailers is planning a US$6- to $7-million expansion, increasing its production capacity by more than 30%. The expansion will begin in late…
Equipment Electric truck benefits vary across Canada: Report November 19, 2020 FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Greater Toronto Area, Greater Montreal, and “Cascadia” region stretching between Vancouver and Oregon have been identified as some of North America’s most favorable settings for…
Equipment 13 things Canadian truck drivers should know about ELDs November 18, 2020 MONTREAL, Que. – Cross-border truck drivers are already familiar with electronic logging devices (ELDs), but there will be differences when the equipment is mandated for all federally regulated carriers as…
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 Nikola continues to see battery-electric and hydrogen future November 17, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Nikola Motor remains committed to producing battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric trucks, with its eyes on several pending targets for the year to come. “Nikola has been focused on…
Equipment BlackBerry QNX to help secure Plus autonomous trucks November 17, 2020 WATERLOO, Ont. – BlackBerry’s QNX system will be at the heart of Class 8 autonomous truck offerings developed by Plus, the companies have announced. Plus has committed to…
Sustainability Electric vehicles central to Quebec’s new green plan November 17, 2020 QUEBEC CITY, Que. – Electric vehicles will play a central role in Quebec’s Plan for a Green Economy 2030 — a broad initiative that will include $6.7 billion in funding…
Equipment Pierquip appoints VP of sales for Ontario November 17, 2020 MIRABEL, Que. – Pierquip, which specializes in trailer sales, financing and service, has appointed Gene Boyer vice-president of sales for Ontario, the company announced Monday. Gene Boyer. (Photo: Pierquip) Boyer…
Technology Daimler showcases latest autonomous truck tech November 16, 2020 MADRAS, Ore. — It was Daimler Trucks that lit the autonomous trucking fuse when its self-driving Inspiration truck drove itself across Nevada’s Hoover Dam in 2015. The splashy press reveal…
Equipment ECONOMIC WATCH: October third best month ever for trailer orders November 13, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ind. – The industry booked 54,200 trailers in October, according to preliminary data from ACT Research, making it the third best month ever. It displaced September from its one-month…
