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Sport Chassis P4XL, Most Irrelevant Truck

Meet Today’s Most Irrelevant Truck: reightliner Sport Chassis P4XL, on display in Las Vegas. (Photo Unavailable Now). News from LAS VEGAS — Imagine if you were Tim Sinor, the affable Oklahoman in charge of Freightliner Specialty Vehicles. At the height of our country’s Supersize craze, his company’s semi-based pickup trucks were considered the ultimate in [...]

International Truck and Engine: Truckmakers embrace hybrid revolution

International Truck and Engine: Truckmakers embrace hybrid revolution
International Truck and Engine, owned by Illinois-based Navistar, expects to sell about 1,000 medium-sized hybrid trucks this year.
Move over, Prius. While the spotlight of hybrid vehicle technology has so far shone mainly on cars, such as the popular Toyota hatchback, a growing number of diesel-electric trucks are set [...]