John G Smith

Peterbilt unveils electric Model 220EV

Peterbilt’s 220EV expands the company’s electric truck lineup to three models. Peterbilt is expanding its test fleet of electric trucks, adding a medium-duty Model 220EV to the previously announced…

Hot Shot’s Secret fuel additive to the rescue

Hot Shot’s Secret oil and fuel additives now include Diesel Winter Rescue. The formula re-liquefies gelled fuel and de-ices frozen fuel filters to help get trucks back on…

CES showcased the possible and plausible for trucking

Continental offered an autonomous — and robotic — vision of final-mile deliveries. The only constant in life is change, and the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) demonstrates that very thing.

Teamsters looks to block foreign worker bid

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Teamsters Canada is slamming the Ontario Trucking Association’s (OTA) bid to bring in foreign workers to help address a driver shortage – stressing instead that the focus…

Freightliner unveils newest new Cascadia

Freightliner’s newest new Cascadia includes Level 2 autonomated technology, improved aerodynamics, and more. Freightliner has sold 65,000 new Cascadias and booked 50,000 additional orders since first introducing its signature truck…

Freightliner unveils newer new Cascadia

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Freightliner has sold 65,000 new Cascadias and booked 50,000 additional orders since first introducing its signature truck in 2017. Now that new Cascadia is about to become even newer thanks to a broad series of upgrades. Picture a truck that, in selected cases, will even act on its own.

Truck sales to normalize in second half of 2019: Daimler

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Daimler Trucks North America is coming off a record year in truck sales, and expects the market to remain strong for months to come before moderating in the second half of 2019.

Peterbilt expands electric truck lineup

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Peterbilt is expanding its test fleet of electric trucks, adding a medium-duty Model 220EV to the previously announced Model 520EV and Model 579EV.

Kenworth, Toyota join to develop trucks with fuel cells

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Kenworth and Toyota are joining forces to develop a test fleet of 10 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, building on research that both had been conducting independently.

Daimler eyes electric truck production in 2021

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Daimler Trucks North America has handed over keys for the first in a series of 30 battery-electric trucks – a mixture of eCascadias and eM2s – and it’s already focusing on plans to begin full production in 2021.

Daimler makes autonomous truck tech leap, abandons platooning

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Daimler will produce North America’s first SAE Level 2 automated truck in the form of a new Cascadia that offers automated steering, acceleration and braking in certain situations. And the company is hardly stopping its autonomous journey there.

PMTC unveils full conference agenda

MILTON, Ont. – The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) has unveiled the full agenda for its 2019 Conference scheduled for June 12-14 in Niagara Falls. The conference…

Towing operator enjoys spotlight of Heavy Rescue: 401

SARNIA, Ont. -- Gary Vandenheuvel enjoyed watching the exploits of Jamie Davis on Highway Thru Hell, a reality TV show based on the same kind of heavy recovery operations he conducts at Preferred Towing. Then the phone rang.

Entries open for annual private fleet awards

MILTON, Ont. – The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) opens its annual awards season today, accepting entries for a series of honors to be distributed during the…

Ports leveraging data, operating hours to combat delays

TORONTO, Ont. -- Efforts to ease congestion at Canada’s ports are often anchored in physical changes. But another layer of recent upgrades -- involving everything from shared data to extended gate hours – has also been introduced to keep intermodal containers rolling.