Autocar announced six new, advanced safety updates to its Autocar ACX severe-duty cabover vehicles to make them even safer.
Autocar has delivered the first production model DC-64R conventional roll-off refuse truck to WCA Waste Corp. of Houston.
Autocar said its Power of One integration body installation processes shows a substantial improvement in uptime and reliability for refuse fleets in the first 90 days of truck ownership.
Autocar says its new DC-64R conventional truck is designed for severe-duty refuse applications.
Autocar, LLC (Autocar) is recalling an estimated 541 2018-2019 Autocar Xpeditor vocational trucks because the pinch bolt on the clamp for the adjustable length drag may not have been tightened properly.
Autocar Trucks is the first North American OEM to introduce Cummins' new X12 engine to the refuse market. Autocar claims the engine will enable customers to haul more than 700 pounds additional payload while delivering almost $11,000 in fuel savings over the life of a truck.
In more than a thousand trucks in the 2013-2016 model years, the brake pedals are at risk for detaching.
The manufacturer is issuing two separate recalls covering a total of 5,286 trucks.
Autocar Industries introduced a natural gas version of its Class 7 cabover Xpert refuse truck at a alternative-fuel symposium in late November. The "baby 8" Xpert ACMD is now available with the Cummins Westport CNG/LNG engine.