Celebrity truck driver showing off Worktrucker smartphone app

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 19, 2013

Lisa Kelly, of Ice Road Truckers and IRT: Deadliest Roads fame, is now the global ambassador for Worldtrucker, an online community for professional truck drivers and trucking enthusiasts Celebrity truck driver Lisa Kelly, an active member of the Worldtrucker community, ...

Volvo Trucks expands customer support in Dallas area

Staff Report - Jan 02, 2013

The addition of a second Bruckner Truck Sales location in Dallas increased the total number of truck bays to 45, which is staffed by 33 service technicians Bruckner Truck Sales, a Volvo Trucks customer support center, has recently expanded its ...

Volvo Trucks launches Remote Diagnostics aftermarket service

Staff Report - May 18, 2012

Volvo Trucks on May 18 launched its Remote Diagnostics aftermarket service for North America, which provides a connected system of vehicle management tools to help maximize vehicle uptime. Remote Diagnostics will be standard on all Volvo-powered VN model highway trucks. Remote ...

Volvo sales surge in 2011

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 20, 2012

Volvo Trucks in 2011 recorded the North American heavy-duty truck industry’s largest market share gain of the year, based on retail sales data compiled by WardsAuto Group. Volvo also hit a company record market share of 12.1 percent of ...

Volvo Trucks promotes Ron Hubers to president of North American sales and marketing

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 19, 2011

Volvo Trucks on Dec. 19 named Ron Huibers as president of North American sales and marketing, effective Jan. 1, 2012. In this role, Huibers will be responsible for all of the company’s commercial activities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. ...

Volvo Trucks Safety Award Winners: Roehl Transport and Stagecoach Cartage & Distribution

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 18, 2011

Safety-centric company cultures and outstanding performance records earned Roehl Transport, Inc. and Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution the 2011 Volvo Trucks Safety Award. The awards were announced Oct. 17 at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition in Grapevine, Texas. ...

Volvo Trucks names Billings VP of U.S. Dealer Sales

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 06, 2011

Volvo Trucks has named Terry Billings vice president of U.S. Dealer Sales In his new role, Billings will lead an intensified focus on sales through the Volvo dealer network. “Terry has held a number of management positions in sales and dealer ...

Herb Broadmeadow named VP of national accounts for Volvo Trucks

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Aug 22, 2011

Herb Broadmeadow was recently named vice president of national accounts for Volvo Trucks in North America. According to Volvo, his long track record of success at Volvo Trucks makes him ideally suited to lead Volvo’s national accounts team, responsible for ...

Navistar sues EPA again over ‘irrelevant’ SCR rule

Better Roads Staff - Jul 18, 2011

By Jack Roberts, Executive Trucks Editor Navistar has filed another suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, signaling the latest round in the ongoing battle between the exhaust gas recirculation-only engine manufacturer and its competitors, all of which are using selective ...