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Pickups

Ford plans to launch electric F-150 by 2022

The chief operating officer of Ford says the automaker will bring its highly anticipated electric F-150 to market “in the next 24 months.” Ford’s Jim Farley made the announcement during an interview with CNBC. It’s the first time since Ford’s confirmation that a battery-powered F-150 was, in fact, in the works that the automaker has […]

June 12, 2020

Class 7-8

Electric truck maker Nikola’s success might bring a cabover resurgence to U.S.

If a company can have a date-of-birth, June 4 was Nikola Corporation‘s. Founded in 2014 by serial entrepreneur Trevor Milton in Salt Lake City, the now Phoenix-area based truck-maker made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange Thursday – following its successful reverse merger earlier this week with with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. – with Milton, now […]

June 8, 2020

Construction Equipment

Tesla Cybertruck sneak peak in Jay Leno’s test drive with Elon Musk

Jay Leno recently got to take the upcoming and extremely hyped Tesla Cybertruck for a test drive. And who better to go for a drive in the Cybertruck than with Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk? Leno, who’s shown driving the Class 2 EV with Musk sitting beside him, asked what changes might be coming […]

June 2, 2020

Pickups

Held up by parts shortage, GM plans to ramp up pickup production

UPDATE: A new article from The Drive says that the delay to GM’s plans to ramp up truck production were only temporary. This week the automaker plans to place three of its pickup production facilities back into three shifts of work in order to meet increased demand from dealers, The Drive reports. GM’s plans to double […]

May 29, 2020

Vocational

Mitsubishi Fuso will stop selling new trucks in North America

Amid the pandemic-fueled economic downturn, Japanese truck and bus maker Mitsubishi Fuso has announced that it will stop selling new trucks in North America. In a press release the company did not clarify what the primary cause behind the decision was—be it the coronavirus or other impacts to its business—saying only that it will “shift […]

May 27, 2020

Class 7-8

Peterbilt’s Pride & Class package is back on the Model 389

Peterbilt has announced the return of a popular trim package for its Model 389. The Pride & Class package was introduced with a limited production run in 2014 and 2017 featuring a highly polished hood crown surrounding a classic style louvered grille sheet, a brightly polished hood spine, chrome hood side accents and polished hood […]

May 22, 2020

Pickups

Big Three automakers reopen plants; GM moves forward with construction of battery factory for electric cars, trucks

From starting up old factory lines to beginning work on a new one, truck makers delivered major news this week in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. FCA, Ford and GM reopened their Detroit factories albeit with plenty of sanitizer, social distancing and mask-wearing protocols in place. And, in following through on its goal to […]

May 22, 2020

Pickups

Ford may resurrect “Maverick” name for its upcoming compact pickup truck

A Ford truck bearing the name “Maverick” may be the compact pickup the automaker plans to position beneath its midsize Ranger lineup. TFLnow recently released a video offering a glimpse at would could turn out to be the truck’s tailgate. The rendering came courtesy of an anonymous source who claims to work in the auto […]

May 20, 2020

Class 7-8

USDOT finalizes hours of service reforms for truck drivers

A federal rule to overhaul the hours of service regulations that govern truck drivers’ schedules will soon be published in the Federal Register, the USDOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced Thursday. Of note, the rule expands the split-sleeper berth options afforded to drivers to allow them to split their 10-hour off-duty period into […]

May 15, 2020

Vocational

Q&A: Bollinger Motors CEO talks new all-electric B2CC chassis-cab truck

Bollinger Motors recently announced plans to produce and sell an all-electric, Class 3 chassis cab truck on its B2 pickup platform. The Bollinger B2CC is the world’s first and only Class 3 all-electric chassis-cab truck platform, and it offers unlimited work truck variants. “The Bollinger B2 Chassis Cab’s unique features – including the 5,000-lb. payload and […]

May 12, 2020

Pickups

Bollinger unveils design for electric Class 3 chassis cab truck slated for 2021

Bollinger Motors, a U.S.-based company headquartered just outside of Detroit, said its plans to produce and sell a fully electric chassis cab truck. The Bollinger B2CC would be the first all-electric Class 3 chassis-cab truck platform, and will be built on the company’s patent-pending E-Chassis all-wheel drive base, and available in 2- and 4-door cab […]

May 8, 2020

Class 7-8

Tesla again delays release of its electric Semi

Production on Tesla’s long-awaited electric Semi has been delayed for the second time since its November 2017 unveiling. The company’s latest earnings report contained mostly positive news – unless you are a Semi reservation holder. As the carmaker presses forward on its Model 3 small sedan and ramps up production on new consumer crossover darling […]

May 7, 2020