Recipients of the federal research funding include PACCAR, Volvo Group North America, Daimler Trucks North America, Ford, and General Motors.

The Aurora Driver-supported PACCAR truck will carry goods between Dallas and Houston as part of a pilot programme.

Autonomous vehicle specialist Kodiak Robotics Inc, based in Mountain View, California, has announced a fourth generation of its autonomous truck system.

DAF Truck NV of Eindhoven, The Netherlands – a Paccar Inc company - under the Paccar brand name, is to offer a full range of high-end solutions to charge the batteries of its new LF Electric and CF Electric trucks, as well as other electric commercial vehicles, including vans.

Coinciding with the new medium-duty truck models for the Class 5&6 market segments,  Peterbilt Motors Company of Denton, Texas, part of Paccar Inc, has also  launched this new ‘medium’ truck design in the Class 7/8 market segments, under Model 537 and Model 548.

Paccar Inc of Bellevue, Washington, coinciding with the launch of the new Paccar TX-8 automatic transmission and updated Paccar PX engines for its new medium-duty truck models, it has announced that all existing Paccar Powertrain components will be rebranded to align with this newest member of the family.

Peterbilt Motors Company, part of Paccar Inc, alongside its four new medium truck models, has launched the all-new Paccar TX-8 automatic transmission with updated Paccar PX engines.

Peterbilt Motors Company of Denton, Texas, part of Paccar Inc, has launched a new range of medium-duty trucks, Model 535 and Model 536, designed for the Class 5/6 non-CDL (non-commercial driver-licence) lease and rental markets.

Truck manufacturer, Paccar Inc of Bellevue, Washington, and Aurora Innovations Inc of Eugene, Oregon have signed a global strategic agreement to develop, test and commercialise autonomous Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks.

Paccar Inc of Bellevue, Washington, has entered a five-year supply agreement for battery power systems with Romeo Power Inc, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Paccar Inc and Aurora Innovation Inc have signed a global strategic partnership agreement to develop, test and commercialise autonomous, Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks.

Reporting an 81st year of continuous profits, truck builder, Paccar Inc achieved record revenues of USD25.6bn for the year ending December 31, 2019 and an increase of 8.9% compared with USD23.50bn in 2018 and USD19.46bn in 2017.