Liebherr’s new R 9300 G8-E, an electric-powered upgrade to its R 9300 G8 excavator, is now available for commercial deployment. The machine expands the company’s 250–tonne portfolio, offering a greener alternative to the diesel-powered version, while maintaining the same hydraulic power and bucket…
Gaither Tool Co. is using the 2026 SEMA Show to debut its new Electrohydraulic Floor Jack, model GT-J103E, a battery-powered unit meant to take the pumping out of lifting a vehicle. The company describes the GT-J103E as a professional-grade, three-ton jack…
Kenda will supply its Klever S/T EV tire as original equipment for Slate Auto’s upcoming electric pickup, The Blank Slate. Slate selected Kenda to meet the vehicle’s performance, efficiency and durability requirements. The agreement includes joint engineering between Kenda…
After 45 minutes behind the wheel, I am more optimistic about the $25,000 EV. If my 45-minute drive yesterday morning is anything to go by, I think Slate Auto will have quite the hit on its hands The startup had one of…
You know what works in the field. Help choose Work Truck’s 2027 Medium-Duty Truck and Commercial Van of the Year. Two awards, one ballot. Fleet managers and fleet decision-makers can vote for Work Truck’s 2027 Medium-Duty Truck of the Year and Commercial…
Posted November 3, 2026 by Chris Ruoff & filed under Newswire, The Tech. CATL has unveiled a dual-electric range extension battery designed to make electric heavy-duty trucks more practical and economical. Agreements for 13,000 units were signed at the unveiling. The range-extension battery is…
The trailer was empty. A 6x12 utility trailer weighing under 900 pounds was rolling behind a Chevrolet Equinox EV at 72 mph. By the final leg of the trip, the compact crossover was averaging 1.2 miles per kilowatt-hour, and its owner went online with…
Manufacturing Today With a legacy of over 53 years in the industry, Mac’s Trucks is one of the UK’s leading family-run commercial vehicle dealers and body builders. All its vehicles are locally made within its Yorkshire-based state-of-the-art facility, using only the…
Peterbilt is preparing to make its new PACCAR Connect system standard equipment on heavy-duty trucks beginning in 2027, bringing vehicle diagnostics, driver resources and fleet management tools together in a single 13-inch touchscreen display. According to Peterbilt, PACCAR Connect is designed…
PACCAR Mexico has appointed Luis Alberto Chi Ramos as its new Director of Operations for Mexico, a position in which he will oversee the company's relationships with transportation industry chambers and associations, as well as its government relations. The appointment…
Kenworth is the badge that owner-operators paint their dreams on. The company grew out of a Seattle truck business in the early 1920s and took its name from two of its backers, Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington. It has belonged to Paccar since the 1940s, and from its home base in the Pacific Northwest it built a reputation for trucks that were spec'd to order, built to last and polished to a mirror shine at truck stops from Oregon to Ontario.
Its lineage runs through some of the most photographed tractors ever made. The W900, with its long square hood and chrome everywhere, became the definitive American conventional and still sells to drivers who care how a rig looks rolling into a show. The aerodynamic T600 of the mid-1980s, nicknamed the anteater for its sloped nose, helped push the whole industry toward fuel-saving shapes, and the T680 that followed became the line-haul flagship. Vocational trucks such as the T880 do the dirty work on job sites and logging roads.
Today Kenworth shares engines, connectivity and financing with its sister brands Peterbilt and DAF, and leans on Paccar's MX diesels where fleets once specified outside engines by habit. It fights Freightliner, Volvo, Mack and International for every big fleet order, and it has been testing the zero-emission future in earnest, with battery-electric models and hydrogen fuel-cell trucks developed alongside Toyota. The news here follows the whole company: new cab interiors and trims, fleet orders, plant investments, emissions rules, recalls, used-truck values and the occasional lovingly kept classic still earning its living decades after it left the factory.
The Paccar-owned truck maker behind the long-nosed W900 and the slippery T680, with every order, launch, recall and electric experiment on the road.
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