Autocar LLC announced its record-breaking 2021. In addition to marking the brand’s 124th year, the company’s achievements include unprecedented sales, as well as new and innovative product offerings such as the launch of its DC-64 BADASS dump truck and its all-electric E-ACTT terminal tractor. Additionally, the company leveraged new partnership opportunities and maintained its manufacturing throughout this challenging year. The manufacturer of specialized severe-duty, custom-engineered Class 7 and Class 8 vocational trucks continues to focus on its customers’ needs and vocations.
Autocar exclusively focuses on building trucks for the vocational truck market and is the only 100% American-owned company that assembles all of its trucks in the USA. Autocar-brand trucks support critical American infrastructure sectors such as refuse, material handling, concrete and logistics.
Autocar’s 2021 highlights include:
- Introduced Advanced Driver Assist System (ADAS) technology in its ACX severe-duty cabover refuse vehicles
- Brought to market the E-ACTT, Autocar’s first emissions-free, all-electric terminal tractor and the only OEM terminal tractor, with an OEM-developed electric vehicle system
- Launched the BADASS dump truck, the DC-64D
- Established the first and only national terminal tractor rental program for fleets with America Big Truck Rental
- The DC-64D was named 2021 Contractors’ Top 50 New Products by Equipment Today
- Received a trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for BADASS
- The DC-64D was named one of the top 2021 introductions by Heavy Equipment Guide.
“There is no other way to describe 2021 for Autocar other than BADASS. Our success is fueled by our efforts to provide our customers the very best vocational truck designed to do the jobs they need it to do,” says Andrew Taitz, chairman of Autocar, LLC. “However, what I am most proud of is our team’s tenacity and dedication. Even though we were hit with supply chain issues, we were one of the few OEMs that never stopped manufacturing and kept its entire team employed.”
The Autocar DC-64D BADASS Dump Truck
The Autocar DC-64D dump truck is the fourth Autocar DC-64 in the severe-duty Class 8 line. Autocar exclusively focuses on building the best trucks for the vocational truck market, which is why Autocar collaborated with key industry experts with more than 200 years of severe-duty truck experience to guide the DC-64D dump truck design. It has been configured with more than 100 improvements. Autocar’s trucks are engineered with a high level of integration. Autocar’s DC-64D dump truck’s features include:
- Pre-engineered for seamless body integration to avoid significant structural modifications
- Multiple Cummins engine options
- Backed by 24/7 direct factory support
- Custom-built for the customer’s vocational and site-specific needs
“Autocar has an established reputation for innovation and leads the pack in heavy-duty vocational trucks. We will continue to strive to be the industry leader and are going full throttle into 2022, developing new strategies and even more innovations. Stay tuned,” said Taitz.
