PACCAR moves deliberately on electric and driverless trucks

PACCAR electric truck

PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR) isn’t rushing electric trucks to market. But it says its Kenworth, Peterbilt and European DAF brands will sell them at the right time.

“Our goal is to make sure that we’re in a position to provide our customers the lowest-operating-cost vehicles whenever the market is ready, when there’s infrastructure, when there’s regulation and when the technology is ready,” CEO Preston Feight said Tuesday.

“It’s [the] early days, and we feel like we’re really on top of it, and we’re...

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Commentary: Do environmental regulations really push markets?

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  

Being first in something is not always laudable. For instance, on June 25, 2020 California mandated that truck manufacturers produce increasingly higher percentages of zero-emission vehicles. This mandate applies to any truck manufacturers of Class 2 (e.g., light trucks like the Ford F-150) through Class 8 (e.g., tractors suitable for 18-wheel semi-trailers).

The...

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