Equipment

Optronics adds eight worklights to lineup

Optronics International has added eight lamps to its catalogue of LED utility and work lights, and now offers 28 different units overall. The new lamps range from utility and…

Cortec additive tackles biodiesel challenges

Cortec is tackling a series of challenges with biodiesel through the release of its new M-707 additive. Additives are needed to prevent corrosion, but also to stabilize fuel, handle…

JW Speaker plug-and-play headlight for Peterbilts

JW Speaker is highlighting the looks of Peterbilt 388, 389 and 567 trucks with its new Model 9600 POD Light Series drop-in replacement headlight. The units come in…

FlowBelow wheel covers to be standard on Cascadia

FlowBelow locking aerodynamic wheel covers will be standard on Freightliner Cascadia trucks beginning in January 2021. The news comes as the supplier and Daimler Trucks North America sign an…

XL Specialized expanding production capacity

MANCHESTER, Iowa – Specialty trailer manufacturer XL Specialized Trailers is planning a US$6- to $7-million expansion, increasing its production capacity by more than 30%. The expansion will begin in late…

Electric truck benefits vary across Canada: Report

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Greater Toronto Area, Greater Montreal, and “Cascadia” region stretching between Vancouver and Oregon have been identified as some of North America’s most favorable settings for…

Aperia names Fontaine Modification preferred installer

BURLINGAME, Calif. – After thousands of installations, Fontaine Modification has earned the title of preferred installer of Aperia Technologies’ Halo Tire Inflator and Halo Connect technology. The company will provide…

13 things Canadian truck drivers should know about ELDs

MONTREAL, Que. – Cross-border truck drivers are already familiar with electronic logging devices (ELDs), but there will be differences when the equipment is mandated for all federally regulated carriers as…

International rolls out new HX Series

LISLE, Ill. – International has launched its new HX Series vocational truck, giving it a more driver-centric design based on driver and fleet feedback. The new HX Series represents the…

Nikola continues to see battery-electric and hydrogen future

TORONTO, Ont. – Nikola Motor remains committed to producing battery-electric and fuel-cell-electric trucks, with its eyes on several pending targets for the year to come. “Nikola has been focused on…

BlackBerry QNX to help secure Plus autonomous trucks

WATERLOO, Ont. – BlackBerry’s QNX system will be at the heart of Class 8 autonomous truck offerings developed by Plus, the companies have announced. Plus has committed to…

Pierquip appoints VP of sales for Ontario

MIRABEL, Que. – Pierquip, which specializes in trailer sales, financing and service, has appointed Gene Boyer vice-president of sales for Ontario, the company announced Monday. Gene Boyer. (Photo: Pierquip) Boyer…

Test Drive: Western Star’s 49X is a head-turning workhorse

Daimler executives weren’t happy. You’d think they would be, given that the company’s North American trucks division is riding a Class 8, on-highway market share wave that would be the…

ECONOMIC WATCH: October third best month ever for trailer orders

COLUMBUS, Ind. – The industry booked 54,200 trailers in October, according to preliminary data from ACT Research, making it the third best month ever. It displaced September from its one-month…

The art of truck fire investigation

TORONTO, Ont. – The remnants of a truck fire may appear to most as nothing but a hunk of smouldering metal, but to Adam Holloway every fire is a mystery…