PACCAR

Most people probably don't know the name PACCAR but they've surely seen Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF. Those are three of the biggest medium and heavy duty truck brands on the market . The smoky exhaust from those big diesel trucks has surely annoyed most drivers and pedestrians at some point in ...

Truck maker PACCAR is the parent company of various brands such as Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF and they are working aggressively to reduce the fuel consumption of their trucks. For their medium duty trucks, which includes applications like delivery vehicles, dump trucks and trash haulers, they have ...

Peterbilt says its new Class 7 hybrid medium-duty truck is good for a 30 to 40 percent reduction in fuel consumption. The company will show off a production-representative model at the Hybrid Truck Users Forum this month in San Diego. The Model 335 will be in limited production and will use a ...

Biglorryblog of the U.K. is starting to see that big trucks can work with hybrid drivetrains. He spotted numerous hybrid trucks at a recent European big-rig show and learned Paccar is targeting 2008 for a hybrid introduction. (Shown is a Daf truck, which is built by Paccar in partnership with ...