Construction Fleet News

TORRANCE, CA - It's the last chance to vote for the 2012 Medium-Duty Truck of the Year. The ballot closes Friday, Feb. 3.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, truck award

TORRANCE, CA - It's the last week to vote for the 2012 Medium-Duty Truck of the Year.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, truck award

TORRANCE, CA - Online voting for the 2011 Medium-Duty Truck of the Year is now open. Professional fleet managers are encouraged cast their ballots for one of 19 nominated medium-duty work trucks.

Tags: award, medium-duty trucks

BOULDER, CO - In the face of rising fuel costs and stricter emissions regulations in many parts of the world, fleet operators are increasingly looking to hybrid drivetrain designs to help make their medium- and heavy-duty trucks cleaner and more fuel efficient.

Tags: hybrid electric vehicles, medium-duty trucks, Pike Research

COLUMBUS, IN - Production of medium-duty commercial trucks is slowly climbing and will be up 12 percent this year vs. 2009, according to ACT Research.

Tags: ACT Research, medium-duty trucks

WASHINGTON - President Obama has directed the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to boost the fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, starting with model-year 2014 vehicles.

Tags: DOT, EPA, fuel economy, heavy-duty trucks, medium-duty trucks, Obama

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA - Four medium truck tires will be introduced by Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. in 2010. One is the KMA02, a wide-base, on/off-road mixed service tire.

Tags: Kumho Tire U.S.A., medium-duty trucks, Truck Tire

TORRANCE, CA - Online voting for the 2010 Medium-Duty Truck of the Year is now open. Professional fleet managers are encouraged cast their ballots for one of 19 nominated medium-duty work trucks.

Tags: award, medium-duty trucks, Truck of the Year

WASHINGTON - Truck sales jumped in October compared to the previous month, although they're still down from year-ago numbers.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, truck sales

DENTON, TEXAS - Peterbilt Motors Company achieved the highest ranking in customer satisfaction in the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Medium Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study in the conventional medium-duty truck segment.

Tags: award, J.D. Power, medium-duty trucks, PACCAR, Peterbilt

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, NJ - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. (MFTA) announced it signed an agreement with Guaraguao Truck Sales, Inc., Bayamón, Puerto Rico, naming Guaraguao as an authorized sales and service dealer for Mitsubishi Fuso medium-duty work trucks.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, Mitsubishi Fuso, partnership

COLUMBUS, IN - Class 5-7 commercial vehicle net orders for July 2009 were off 51 percent from 2008, influenced by the cancellation of orders due to General Motors exit from the segment.

Tags: ACT Research, Class 8, heavy-duty trucks, medium-duty trucks

NOVI, MI - Hino Trucks held its first-ever National Service Skills Competition which brings together Hino dealer service technicians from across the country that achieved Master Elite Technician designation and puts them head-to-head against each other.

Tags: ASE, Hino, medium-duty trucks

COLUMBUS, IN - The forecast for heavy-duty trucks and trailers remained steady, but the medium-duty forecast continues to slide. ACT Research Co. forecasts Class 5-7 medium-duty production will be off 44 percent in 2009 before regaining half the decline in 2010.

Tags: heavy-duty trucks, medium-duty trucks

HILO, HAWAII - The state's first Kenworth medium-duty diesel-electric hybrid truck to enter service in Hawaii was delivered recently to the Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. (HELCO).

Tags: diesel-electric, hybrid, Kenworth, medium-duty trucks

DETROIT - General Motors Corp, which filed for bankruptcy protection a week ago, said in a statement June 8 that it would cease production of medium-duty trucks by July 31.

Tags: Chevrolet, General Motors Corp., medium-duty trucks

WARRENVILLE, IL - As part of Navistar's commitment to meeting the highest standards in the industry, International DuraStar and WorkStar medium-duty and severe service trucks now offer the latest advancements in electronic stability control technology

Tags: DuraStar, electronic stability control, International, medium-duty trucks, WorkStar

FORT MILL, SC - Continental Tire North America Inc. (CTNA) has joined the ranks of medium truck tire manufacturers offering their own retread products.

Tags: CTNA, medium-duty trucks, Retread

KIRKLAND, WA – Kenworth Truck Company gave participants a close look at its lineup of medium-duty, diesel-electric hybrid trucks during the 8th annual Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) in South Bend, Ind.

Tags: Class 6, Class 7, HTUF, hybrid, Kenworth, medium-duty trucks, T270, T370

TOKYO – The president of the Tokyo-based OEM, Susumu Hosoi, reinforced that his company is on the verge of staging “an aggressive offensive” to increase its medium-duty marketshare in North America

Tags: Isuzu, medium-duty trucks

LEBANON, MO - Kenworth Truck Company recommends that companies know their payload, terrain conditions, and body requirements to better spec medium-duty trucks for business applications.

Tags: Kenworth, medium-duty trucks, Spec'ing

CYPRESS, CA – Toyo brand tires have once again been rated the #1 Overall Brand for Medium Truck Tires in Tire Review magazine’s annual Tire Brand Study of North American tire dealers.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, tire, Toyo Tires

LOS ANGELES – Electrorides Inc. of Laguna Niguel, Calif., is setting up production to roll out this fall a fully electric zero emission medium-duty truck branded ZeroTruck.

Tags: medium-duty trucks, ZeroTruck