Mack Trucks is committed to helping customers during this tough time by offering flexible financing through June 30th. Click the link below to see all offers!
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Mack Trucks is committed to helping customers during this tough time by offering flexible financing through June 30th. Click the link below to see all offers!
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Mack Trucks has launched an online resource to help you navigate the Covid-19 crisis. You’ll find useful links and news updates that relate to our industry.
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Volvo Trucks North America continues to lead the way towards a future with electric trucks on the road. The Volvo LIGHTS project is just one way they’re hoping to prove zero-emission electric trucks can get the job done in the commercial freight world.
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Mack is back in the medium-duty truck business with the launch of its all-new Mack MD series.
The MD series will include the MD6, a Class 6 model with a gross vehicle weight rating of 25,995 pounds, and the MD7, a Class 7 model with a gross vehicle weight rating of 33,000 pounds.
The new trucks can be used for applications such as dry/refrigerated vans, dump bodies, flatbeds and tankers…and should be available for sale here at TransEdge in late Spring.
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After a wildly successful 2018, new data suggests trucking settled into more realistic conditions in 2019.
Trailer orders lagged but Class 8 sales finished solidly above replacement levels for the first 11 months of 2019.Tonnage was up slightly, with contract freight holding steady and spot market showing a decline.
2019 also marked the entry into the Class 8 market by Hino Motors. We’d be happy to introduce you to this exciting new option.
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All eyes are on California’s proposed rules on electric truck sales.
The Advanced Clean Truck Regulation is a first in the US, and would mandate manufacturers sell a certain percentage of zero-emission trucks beginning with the 2024 model year. It’s in discussion now with a final decision expected in 2020.
Mack Trucks is following the action closely. As you likely have seen, Mack is already in development of a fully electric LR for the refuse sector, while Volvo is planning to begin commercial production on a VNR Electric next year.
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As we mentioned last month we are excited about the recent release of the all-new Hino XL8. It’s a sentiment shared by many. In fact, the Editor at Heavy Duty Trucking Equipment recently got a chance to get behind the wheel for a test drive. Check out the videos here and let us know if you would like to take a test drive:
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Automated steering capabilities, such as lane departure protection and automatic lane centering, are already standard in most late-model passenger cars. These features will soon become broadly available as options in commercial trucks, too.
Whether you’re a true believer or skeptic, these onboard safety features aim to help drivers prevent crashes. Read more on the future of self-driving trucks here:
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You’ve likely heard us talk about the Volvo I Shift and the Mack Mdrive™. The Volvo I-Shift continuously monitors grade, speed, weight, and engine load, shifting when necessary or holding a gear-whichever saves more fuel. While the mDRIVE is an automated manual transmission built for Mack Pinnacle™ tractors. Both are trending! Volvo Trucks North America reports an AMT share of about 93% for all of the transmissions it now manufactures.
This shift in transmissions used in Class 8 trucks has skyrocketed over the past few years. Manual transmissions now represent a minority.
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New data just released by the Department of Labor appears to be good news for trucking. Employment in the for-hire trucking industry totaled 1.519 million in June — a gain of 36,800 jobs from the same month last year.
The news is also good for other sectors. The U.S. economy as a whole added 224,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate climbed just a tenth of a percent to 3.7 percent.
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