Toyota jumped feet-first into the heavy truck market at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis Wednesday with the debut of the Hino XL Series. “Entering Class 8 [is] arguably something no OEM has done ...

ACT Research reported in its recently released Transportation Digest that its Class 8 Tractor Dashboard slipped in September to a -4 reading, the sixth moderately downbeat reading in seven months.

True zero-emissions freight transportation is closer to reality than you might think. A California-based technology company called TransPower USA has five Class 8 tractors in service now working out ...

ArvinMeritor's dual-mode tractor project took a couple years to develop, but the Troy, Michigan-based Tier 1 supplier can currently display its technological prowess with its new diesel-electric ...

Equipped with standard 600 Volt lithium batteries, the MX30 has the energy to travel up to 150 miles under unloaded conditions on a single charge. Balqon Corp., a developer of electric drive system ...

Xos’ plans for manufacturing a Class 8 tractor remain on schedule even as the electric truck maker sought to bolster its finances earlier in January, CEO Dakota Semler told Transport Topics. Serial ...

Bill Vote, president of the association, said depending on the track and weather, he’s seen open class tractors pull up to 1,000 pounds of lead blocks or a person. It all starts with some gears and a ...