Kenworth
Kenworth hit a record 11.7% retail sales market share last year for medium-duty vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. That number could grow quickly from events that began five years ago when Kenworth started the process of redesigning its Class 5-7 vehicle lineup.
Kenworth s new designs were drawn up from extensive customer and driver feedback. The production-ready versions are purposefully built to more fully address the critical market needs of buyers and drivers of medium-duty trucks.
Unlike the Class 8 market, businesses that use medium-duty vehicles do not press them into service to turn miles on the highway. The trucks are a means to an end for business owners, who would buy a Class 5 truck, for example, with specific vocational applications in mind, such as landscaping. Mostly non-CDL drivers use the trucks to bring supplies and equipment to jobsites where the real work begins.
Pine Hall Brick names new president, CEO
Walt Steele takes over for Fletcher Steele, the former president and CEO, who will remain onboard as executive chairman.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Pine Hall Brick recently announced Walt Steele has been promoted to president and chief executive officer.
Fletcher Steele, the former president and CEO, remains as executive chairman and will continue to be involved on a part-time basis.
For the past three years, Walt Steele has been vice president and chief operating officer and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company.
“I have great confidence in Walt and the team of talented and dedicated individuals that he now leads, and I’m sure that the company is in good hands for years to come,” Fletcher Steele said.
Isuzu, Gatik set to collaborate
The collaboration will integrate Gatik’s autonomous driving technology into several Isuzu medium-duty N-Series trucks.
Anaheim, Calif. – Isuzu North America Corporation and Gatik have agreed to collaborate on a project to develop and evaluate fully autonomous medium-duty trucks. This collaboration will accelerate the commercialization of autonomous delivery fleets while contributing to a safer and more sustainable logistics community in the future.
The collaboration will integrate Gatik’s autonomous driving technology into several Isuzu medium-duty N-Series trucks to produce SAE Level 4 delivery vehicles with redundant systems. The first vehicles will be deployed this year.
“By bringing these two teams together, we can create segment-changing technology while positioning Gatik to safely commercialize autonomous delivery technology at scale,” said Gatik’s CEO and Co-Founder Gautam Narang. “Isuzu N-Series trucks have been best-sellers
Apr 05, 2021
Kenworth hit a record 11.7% retail sales market share last year for medium duty vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. That number could grow quickly from events that began five years ago when Kenworth started the process of redesigning its Class 5-7 vehicle lineup.
On Wednesday, April 1, Kenworth rolled out production versions of an all-new lineup in Phoenix for a ride-and-drive before making an official public introduction Monday.
Kenworth s new designs were drawn up from extensive customer and driver feedback. The production-ready versions are purposefully built to more fully address the critical market needs of buyers and drivers of medium-duty trucks.