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BusinessEquipment

Kenworth’s W900 to Reach End of Road in 2026 After 63 Years

Kenworth will stop making three of its legacy 1.9-meter cab Class 8 tractors in 2026, including the W900, the first examples of which began rolling off the production line as far back as 1963.

March 20, 2025
Business

Truckworx Leader Will Bruser Named ATD Dealer of the Year

American Truck Dealers honored Truckworx Kenworth CEO Will Bruser with its 2025 Truck Dealer of the Year award at its ATD Show 2025 in New Orleans. 

March 4, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Paccar Q4 Profit Falls but Leaders Predict Better 2025

The Bellevue, Wash.-based truck maker posted a profit of $872 million or $1.66 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2024, down 38.5% compared with $1.42 billion, $2.70, in 2023.

January 28, 2025
BusinessTechnologyFuelLogistics

Nonprofit to Buy Up to 500 Battery-Electric Drayage Trucks

The first customers are set to be carriers operating at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the largest two ports in the U.S. by import volume.

November 12, 2024
BusinessEquipment

European Truck Sales Slump Hurts Paccar Q2 Profits

Paccar Inc. profits fell in the second quarter of 2024 on the back of sagging European truck sales and lower parts and financial services divisions profits.

July 24, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Kenworth Introduces CARB-Compliant MX-13 Engine

Kenworth Truck Co. announced a California-compliant version of Paccar’s MX-13 diesel engine is now available for its T680, T880 and W990 Class 8 trucks.

June 11, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Kenworth Reveals SuperTruck 2 Concept at ACT Expo

LAS VEGAS — Kenworth Truck Co. showcased its SuperTruck 2 high-efficiency concept tractor for the first time this week at Advanced Clean Transportation Expo 2024.

May 23, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelFor-Hire

Kenworth to Start Production of T680s, T880s With X15N in Q3

Kenworth plans to begin production of its Class 8 T680 tractor and T880 vocational truck with Cummins’ X15N natural gas engine in the third quarter of 2024, it said May 15.

May 17, 2024
BusinessEquipment

Hiring Our Heroes Award Goes to Army Vet Brandon Meredith

Army vet Brandon Meredith, a tank truck driver with Slay Transportation, was awarded a silver Kenworth T680 Signature Edition truck as the 2023 winner of the Hiring Our Heroes initiative.

December 15, 2023
BusinessEquipmentFuel

Kenworth Celebrates 100 Years in Business

Kenworth Truck Co. kicked off its yearlong celebration marking a century since Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington founded the truck manufacturer on Jan. 26, 1923, in Seattle.

February 15, 2023