Volkswagen Group News - Mon October 26, 2020
Volkswagen Subsidiary, Navistar Reach Agreement in Principle
TRATON SE and American truck manufacturer Navistar International Corporation, in which TRATON already holds a stake of 16.8 percent, have reached agreement in principle that TRATON will acquire by merger all shares in Navistar not already held by TRATON, at a price of $44.50 per Navistar share....
Mack Trucks - Thu October 22, 2020
Jankel Provides Seating Solutions for Mack Defense M917A3 Heavy Dump Truck Program
Mack Defense is partnering with Jankel, a world-leader in the design and manufacture of high-specification defense protection systems, to provide the seating solution for the M917A3 heavy dump truck (HDT)....
NTEA - Thu October 22, 2020
NTEA Provides Work Truck Week 2021 Update
NTEA – The Association for the Work Truck Industry announced it will not be possible to produce Work Truck Week in its traditional in-person format next year. North America's largest work truck event, originally scheduled March 9 to 12, 2021, in Indianapolis, includes The Work Truck Show and Green Truck Summit....
Mack Trucks - Wed October 21, 2020
Mack Trucks Donates Proceeds from Pink Mack Anthem Diecast Sales
Mack Trucks announced a multi-year partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) that will see Mack donate proceeds from the sales of a limited edition production run of pink Mack Anthem diecast models....
Mack Trucks - Mon October 19, 2020
Mack Trucks Donates $25,000 to St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund
Mack Trucks donated $25,000 in proceeds from sales of the Mack #ThankATrucker Life Is Good T-shirt to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund (SCF), a nonprofit offering financial assistance to ill or injured professional drivers and health and wellness programs....
Volvo - Mon October 19, 2020
Volvo Trucks Awarded $21.7M to Deploy VNR Electric Zero-Emission Trucks
Volvo Trucks North America was awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Targeted Air Shed Grant Program is providing $20 million in funding, supplemented by $1.7 million from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) for charging infrastructure, to improve air quality in the region....
Kenworth - Wed October 14, 2020
Blue Max Trucking Adds PACCAR 12-Speed Automated Transmission with Vocational Calibrations for Kenworth T880s
Blue Max Trucking is one of the first vocational fleets to add the PACCAR 12-speed automated transmission featuring vocational-specific calibrations. The company specified the PACCAR transmission in some of its new Kenworth T880s used in its dump division operations....
Kenworth - Thu October 08, 2020
Kenworth Honored as a 2020 Top Workplace for Women in Transportation by Women in Trucking
Kenworth was honored as a 2020 top workplace for women in the transportation industry by the Women in Trucking Association (WIT). It marks the third consecutive year that Kenworth has received special recognition from the organization....
Mack Trucks - Wed October 07, 2020
Mack Trucks Delivers Mack LR Electric Model to Republic Services to Begin Real-World Trials
Mack Trucks has delivered a pre-production Mack LR Electric model to Republic Services to begin in-service trials in the demanding refuse segment. Mack will use key learnings from the trials to further refine the LR Electric as it prepares to accept orders for the truck in Q4 2020, with production beginning in 2021....
Hino Trucks - Tue October 06, 2020
Hino Trucks, Toyota Jointly Develop Class 8 Fuel Cell Electric Truck
With the rapidly expanding interest in heavy-duty electric trucks, Hino Trucks and Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) have agreed to jointly develop a Class 8 fuel cell electric truck (FCET) for the North American market....
