Paccar News Updates

CEO Preston Feight said the company's suppliers were unable to scale up their output at the same pace as demand for trucks grew.

Kenworth unveiled an interior redesign for four of the truck maker’s diesel models and two battery-electric models Oct. 26.

The Paccar Connect expansion includes a voice assistant, camera integration, an applications portal, connectivity to Apple CarPlay and Bluetooth compatibility.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales jumped 30% year over year in September, while year-to-date sales remain down 5%.

The expansion comes as 2026 truck orders through September ran 95% above 2025 levels and Paccar shifted additional production to Denton.

Before plant employees, Paccar CEO Preston Feight and regional politicians, Trump highlighted the EPA’s proposed revisions to NOx emissions regulations.

IAA dwarfs any North American truck show in size. Yet the 2026 edition found European carriers facing many of the issues as their North American counterparts.

Work has already begun on some of the reliability testing for third-generation hardware components, Aurora CEO Chris Urmson said during the Q2 earnings call.

The parent company of Kenworth and Peterbilt has autonomous trucking partnerships with Aurora Innovation, Kodiak AI and Stack.

"That’s the engagement we’ve had with many, many customers that that’s their preferred approach," CEO Preston Feight said.