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Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8

Peterbilt Deploying Augmented Reality Tool for Dealer Service Technicians

Peterbilt Motors Co. - Paccar

A proprietary software designed to innovate dealer service and improve customer uptime, ARTech utilizes 3-dimensional and augmented reality views of chassis-specific Peterbilt trucks.

The Peterbilt ARTech augmented reality tool is giving technician’s quick access to the information they need when they need it the most—right next to the truck in the service bay.

Pickup Trucks & Vans

Ford Promotes Vehicle-to-Vehicle Charging

Ford Motor Company

The all-electric 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning and the F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid have the ability to let customers “share” range with other electric vehicle owners, allowing them to charge or top off a friend’s vehicle battery.

When connected to an F-150 Lightning or F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid with the optional 9.6 or 7.2 kilowatt Pro Power Onboard, the Ford Mobile Power Cord charger can deliver Level-2 charging that’s estimated to add an average range of 10 miles per charging hour to a Ford E-Transit low-roof cargo van.

Truck Accessories

In-cab Technology Drives Safety

Discourage distracted driving and monitor driver behavior with driver apps and dash cam technology.

While the devices can help us a lot, they’re leading to some very unfortunate unintended consequences. For example, 40% of commercial driving accidents are being caused by device distraction.

Lighting, Alarms

Grote Industries Expands BriteZone LED Work Lamp Family

Grote Industries Inc.

This update will broaden the current offering, adding eight new part numbers to the lineup to fit a range of applications.

Grote BriteZone

Utility Vehicles

Bobcat UW53 Toolcat Utility Work Machine

All-new model comes with a variety of enhancements both inside and outside the cab, plus offers enhanced attachment versatility.

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Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8

FTR Reports Preliminary North American Class 8 Net Orders for October at 24,500

Class 8 orders have stayed within the 23,000 to 28,000-unit range for five of the last six months as OEMs deal with production issues.

Ftr

Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8

Tips to Keep Vocational Trucks Rolling

As truck fleets age, driver inspections and preventative maintenance will keep you in motion.

Establish a preventive maintenance schedule and modify it if necessary. If your maintenance inspections are finding issues, this is telling you that you are not seeing the vehicles often enough or you are using cut-off thresholds that are too close to the limits.

International MV Series Medium Duty Truck Designed with Upfitting in Mind

Navistar International Corporation

Highlights of the new International MV Series medium-duty vehicle, including a completely redesigned front end, improved maintenance schedules plus numerous body builder advancements to make upfitting easier.

Ford Pro Offers Complimentary Services for Commercial Customers

Ford Motor Company

Telematics services allow commercial customers to access vehicle data that helps them manage their fleets and improve uptime.

As the only complimentary telematics service offering by an automaker for the life of a Ford vehicle, Ford Pro Telematics Essentials is not just making vehicle data more accessible – it also is providing new features to customers such as easy maintenance scheduling to help boost fleet uptime and productivity.

Trucks & Accessories

Daimler Trucks North America and Platform Science Introduce Virtual Vehicle

Daimler Truck North America

This is the first open OEM platform that enables fleets to access telematics, software solutions, real-time vehicle data, and third-party applications directly from their vehicles.

Virtual Vehicle offers customers an open digital solutions and services platform that allows them to choose fleet applications that best meet their needs.

Service & Fuel Trucks

Stellar Introduces Four Lighter Telescopic Service Cranes and CDTpro Remote

Two of these cranes are redesigns of its 7,000-lb. class cranes in addition to a brand-new 8,000-lb. line

Stellar 76 And 86 Series Crane Release F Hss 7630 3 V2

Bobcat UW56 Toolcat Utility Work Machine

The UW56 utility work machine serves as a pickup, compact tractor, loader, and work vehicle in one that delivers the power and productivity owners need to take on the day.

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