MANAGING PUBLIC SECTOR VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT
Mack Trucks unveiled its Mack LR battery-electric vehicle (BEV), powered by two 130-kW motors producing a combined 496 peak hp and 4,051 lb.-ft. of torque, at WasteExpo 2019.
To maximize uptime and significantly extend the life of electrical charging system components, Mack Trucks is making a battery refresher standard on all Mack models.
Mack Trucks is offering a new package for Mack Over The Air customers that allows for more frequent remote software updates and the setting of vehicle parameters. The company also announced standard shock absorbers for factory-installed auxiliary axles on certain Mack Granite models.
In part two of our video series on the Mack LR refuse truck, equipment editor Jim Park takes it out onto public roads and gets a first hand look at how it handles in a typical operating environment.
By driving the Mack LR low-entry refuse truck around closed course, equipment editor Jim Park is finally able to live out his lifelong dream of becoming a garbage man.
Mack’s LR model features high-powered, smart hydraulics and finely tuned details to help refuse fleets move trash fast.
Mack Trucks has detailed new features on its Mack LR refuse truck lineup that offer enhanced safety, improved driver productivity, and expanded options.
Mack Trucks has announced plans to deploy a Mack LR refuse model equipped with an integrated electric drivetrain in the New York City Department of Sanitation fleet by 2019.
Mack has updated its Mack Connect suite of productivity management tools, which it highlighted during a press briefing at the Mid-America Trucking Show, along with introducing an Anthem truck configurator tool and discussing customer experience surveys.
Mack Trucks has added new features to its Granite Medium Heavy Duty (MHD) truck, aimed at increasing its versatility and enabling more cost effective choices for customers that need a durable and light work truck.