Peterbilt Motors Co. has unveiled a restyled version of its Model 579 flagship on-highway truck that offers a 7% fuel economy improvement compared with the truck it replaces, which was launched in ...

When Peterbilt debuted its refreshed Model 579 last year it marked a fairly significant revamp – at least for Paccar, which has historically favored small refinements over full-blown reinvention. The ...

Peterbilt on Wednesday debuted virtually its next generation Model 579. The truck was unveiled via YouTube livestream, with 1,700-plus viewers tuning in worldwide. Pete's on-highway flagship 579 was a ...

Peterbilt made a mistake with the new Model 579. As Jake White, Peterbilt product marketing manager, explained to me during our pre-release drive through the rolling prairie of North Texas in late ...

The 579 series is Peterbilt’s most technologically advanced and fuel-efficient semi-truck ever. Their words, not ours. It was developed following direct input from drivers, techs and maintenance ...

It felt good to be behind the wheel of a brand-new tractor-trailer after months of COVID-induced quarantine – even if the plains of Central Texas aren’t the most scenic country a driver could ask for.