Commercial fleet sales rebounded in July with a 29.8% increase to 66,909 from a year ago. Sales of trucks, vans, and SUVs paced the gain, while sales of cars again saw a heavy decline, according to Automotive Fleet data.
The analysis shows that food and beverage products were the most stolen commodity of the second quarter and grew when compared to both second-quarter 2017 and second-quarter 2018.
Paccar has named Kevin Baney general manager of Kenworth Truck Company and Paccar vice president. He previously served as Kenworth's assistant general manager for sales and marketing and prior to that as KW's chief engineer.
Peterbilt Motors Company, along with Decker Truck Line, Inc., celebrated a relationship spanning six decades with the delivery of the transportation company’s 2,500th Peterbilt truck purchased from JX Truck Center.
Bigfoot Beverages in the Pacific Northwest delivers products to Central Oregon and two-thirds of the Oregon Coast. The fleet depends on Kenworth trucks to get product where it needs to be.
Ford has released power ratings for the 7.3L V-8 gasoline engine that propels the 2020 F-600 chassis cab truck and provided technical details for the truck's 10-speed automatic transmission as well as its next-generation 6.7L PowerStroke V-8 diesel.
Auto Truck Group will build a new facility in Fort Wayne, Ind., that will help it nearly double its capacity to build and install equipment for commercial fleet vehicles.
At the 2019 Fleet Forward Conference, representatives from Motorq, LeasePlan, Toyota, and Strategy Analytics will delve into the practical considerations for controlling, sharing, and monetizing data from a fleet perspective.