Kenworth Trucks will publicly unveil its new T3 range of trucks, including the all-new T388, at the International Trailer, Truck and Equipment Show in Melbourne this week.
The T3 Series is now available in a range of models with vocational specs tailor-made to suit their intended niche markets. There are now six models available: T358P, T358R, […]

Kenworth Truck Co. said today it had further enhanced the fuel efficiency, performance and serviceability of the Kenworth T2000 with the addition of the Kenworth Driver Information Center and new standard multiplex instrumentation.
The announcement came at a news conference at the Mid-America Trucking Show that begins here Thursday.
Kenworth Chief Engineer Mike Dozier said the information […]

Kenworth’s comprehensive environmental program is focused on alternative fuels, hybrid technologies, idle reduction, aerodynamic performance, and driver awareness technologies.
“High diesel fuel prices and new environmental rules will drive innovative new technologies in the commercial vehicle market,” said Bob Christensen, Kenworth general manager and PACCAR vice president. “Kenworth is recognized as a technology leader and we […]

People usually do not associate the word “green” with diesel trucks, but big diesels are getting cleaner. All new heavy-duty diesel engines sold in the U.S. after 2007 must meet strict new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards that filter almost all the black soot particles and much of the nitrogen oxides that cause acid rain. […]

Kenworth Truck Company and Westport Innovations Inc have announced that production of a line of liquefied natural gas vehicles will begin in 2009. The Kenworth T800 LNG trucks will use Westport’s LNG fuel system technology adapted for the Cummins ISX 15-liter engine.
Natural gas provides 25% of all energy in the United States, including 3% of […]

Natural gas vehicles an effort to move from diesel engine
Kenworth Truck Co. plans to begin large-scale production of heavy-duty trucks powered by liquefied natural gas at its Renton plant next year.
The move to LNG trucks is the latest by Kenworth and its parent company, Bellevue-based Paccar Inc., to look for alternatives to conventional diesel-fuel engines […]

A member of Kenworth’s dealer network of nearly 300 locations in the United States and Canada, Truck Enterprises is set to serve a wider range of customers in northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., area with its new location in Manassas, Va.
“Our new location will meet customers’ needs now and well into the future,” says […]