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Class 7-8

Record demand for new heavy trucks outpacing supply, stabilizing prices in bloated used marketplace

Without an influx of new drivers, new trucks are going to push older models to a used truck market that is already saturated with equipment. Details here!

May 23, 2018

Equipment

CARB revokes compliance alternatives for truck emissions regs after court decision

The time has expired for legal appeals to save the California Air Resources Board’s 2014-introduced “compliance alternatives” to the engine upgrades and retrofits required by its Statewide Truck and Bus Regulation. Emails attempting to clarify the situation have been going out this month to truck owners with CARB-registered vehicles still taking advantage of one or […]

May 7, 2018

Construction Equipment

Settlement checks to Cat engine owners issued for wrong amount

The company handling settlement payouts to Caterpillar engine owners has said it will be reissuing checks to former ACERT engine owners who were part of a $60 million class action settlement reached with the company in 2016. According to the website established for members of the class, which include anyone who owned or leased a […]

April 26, 2018

Class 7-8

Volkswagen exec hints at Navistar takeover

Barely more than 13 months ago, Volkswagen Truck and Bus acquired approximately 16.2 million newly issued shares of Navistar stock for $256 million, and one high-level executive hinted this morning the German automaker could one day be after a large slice. At a recent press briefing, VW Truck and Bus Chief Finance Officer Matthias Gruendler said a […]

April 18, 2018

Battery electric

Toyota, Volkswagen strike deal to develop electric, autonomous trucks

Toyota and Volkswagen have announced a partnership that will see the Japanese and German rivals working together to develop autonomous and electric trucks. As reported by the Financial Times, Toyota’s Hino heavy truck division and Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH will “cooperate broadly in procurement and logistics in addition to hybrid engines, connectivity and other […]

April 13, 2018

Class 7-8

Small Mack recall affects Anthem, Granite, Pinnacle models

By Matt Cole Mack Trucks is recalling approximate 135 model-year 2018 trucks for an issue that could cause the rigs’ light control module to fail, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents. The recall affects certain 2018 Anthem, Granite and Pinnacle tractors manufactured between April 18, 2017, and Dec. 18, 2017. If the light […]

March 20, 2018

Class 7-8

Volvo unveils new VNX Series trucks designed for heaviest of heavy-haul duties

Low, gray skies.  Snow on mountains. Flurries dancing through the icy air—it was a backdrop made to order for the launch of Volvo’s redesigned VNX heavy-haul truck line. But the gloomy Nordic weather, wasn’t in Sweden (Volvo’s home base), but Dublin, Virginia, where the company has its assembly plant and North American customer center. The […]

March 19, 2018

Class 7-8

HCSS Trucking software eliminates paper tickets, fraud from construction trucking

Few processes in construction produce more paper (and sometimes fraud) than contract trucking and truck tickets. And while many construction companies rig their own trucks with GPS and telematics to monitor cycle times, fuel use and the rest, GPS is not a viable solution for contractors using brokered trucks to haul asphalt and other materials. […]

March 1, 2018

Class 7-8

Test Drive: How Kenworth’s fuel cell T680 delivers a quick, quiet ride

California Governor Jerry Brown wants 5 million zero-emission vehicles on state roads by 2030. By the end of next month, one of them will be shuffling around the ports of SoCal. Kenworth’s hydrogen fuel cell Zero Emissions Cargo Transit (ZECT) T680 tractor, the fruit of a $7 million project between the Kirkland, Washington, truck-maker, the U.S. […]

February 14, 2018

Class 7-8

Tesla Semi whirs along in some of the first footage of the electric truck driving

While you may not see a Tesla Semi anytime soon in your neighborhood, there was one caught on video recently traveling along a street next to a UPS customer center in Sunnyvale, Calif. Though Brandon Camargo has only one uploaded video to his name, his 8-second Tesla Semi clip has gone viral with roughly 676,500 […]

January 31, 2018

Class 7-8

Kenworth debuts a fuel cell-powered T680

Earlier this month, Kenworth made headlines by exhibiting for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and bringing along its zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell T680. The high tech day cab, which was part of the PACCAR Innovations booth, gave thousands of visitors a chance to not only see the latest in […]

January 22, 2018

Class 7-8

This 1948 Peterbilt doesn’t plan on retiring anytime soon

Check out Iron Horse Trucking’s 1948 Pete in the video below looking strong and sounding off with its Jake brake in Washington State where it’s hauling logs down a dirt road. “Now I want to restore one just like it!” writes YouTube viewer Jim Walkable. “Sweet rig. Old Pete’s never die! They just get better!” […]

January 18, 2018