Autocar LLC, manufacturer of severe-duty trucks, announced its record-breaking 2021. In addition to marking the brand’s 124th year, the company’s achievements include unprecedented sales, as well as new and innovative product offerings such as the launch of its DC-64 BADASS dump truck and its all-electric E-ACTT terminal tractor. Additionally, the company leveraged new partnership opportunities and maintained its manufacturing throughout this challenging year. The manufacturer of specialized severe-duty, custom-engineered Class 7 and Class 8 vocational trucks continues to focus on its customers’ needs and vocations and is poised to reach new heights in 2022.
Additionally, the OEM exclusively focuses on building the best trucks for the vocational truck market and is the only 100% American-owned company that assembles all of its trucks in the USA. Autocar-brand trucks support critical American infrastructure sectors such as refuse, material handling, concrete, and logistics.
AUTOCAR’S 2021 HIGHLIGHTS
- Introduced Advanced Driver Assist System (ADAS) technology in its ACX severe-duty cabover refuse vehicles
- Brought to market the E-ACTT, Autocar’s first emissions-free, all-electric terminal tractor and the only OEM terminal tractor with an OEM-developed electric vehicle system
- Launched the nation’s first BADASS dump truck, the DC-64D, delivered with the company’s tagline, “Always Up”
- Established the first and only national terminal tractor rental program for fleets with America Big Truck Rental
- Donated a custom-engineered DC-64R refuse truck to the Environmental Research and Education Foundation in honor of industry leader, the late Mickey Flood
- Equipment Today named the DC-64D as one of its 2021 Contractors’ Top 50 New Products
- Appointed the industry’s first chief experience officer, Craig Antonucci
- Received a trademark from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for BADASS
- Heavy Equipment Guide named the DC-64D one of the top 2021 introductions.
“There is no other way to describe 2021 for Autocar other than BADASS,” says Andrew Taitz, chairman of Autocar, LLC. “Our success is fueled by our efforts to provide our customers the very best vocational truck designed to do the jobs they need it to do. However, what I am most proud of is our team’s tenacity and dedication. Even though we were hit with supply chain issues, we were one of the few OEMs that never stopped manufacturing and kept its entire team employed.”
THE NATION’S FIRST AND ONLY BADASS DUMP TRUCK
The Autocar DC-64D dump truck is the fourth Autocar DC-64 in the severe-duty Class 8 line. 
Autocar collaborated with key industry experts with more than 200 years of severe-duty truck experience to guide the DC-64D dump truck design. Autocar’s DC-64D dump truck’s features include:
- Pre-engineered for seamless body integration to avoid significant structural modifications
- Multiple Cummins engine options
- Provides the industry’s best performance, fuel economy, and lower operating costs per mile backed by the best-in-class 24/7 direct factory support
- Custom-built for the customer’s vocational and site-specific needs
AUTOCAR’S E-ACTT, AN EMISSIONS-FREE, ALL-ELECTRIC TERMINAL TRACTOR
The purpose-built E-ACTT all-electric terminal tractor helps meet regulatory mandates for the vocational truck industry to reduce fuel consumption as well as to transition diesel trucks to zero-emission trucks in California. Further, Autocar’s E-ACTT is the only OEM terminal tractor with an OEM-developed electric vehicle system. Autocar’s all-electric E-ACTT terminal tractor’s features include:
- Leading-edge temperature-controlled lithium-ion battery technology and onboard charging system
- An electric powertrain with telemetry/diagnostic systems designed specifically for severe-duty application by Vorza
- Advanced monitoring systems as well as innovative telematics in every environmentally friendly unit
- Custom-built for the customer’s vocational and site-specific needs
THE NATION’S FIRST REFUSE CAB OVER ENGINE (COE) WITH ADAS
Autocar ACX sets a new standard for refuse drivers as well as customers and communities with its Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) safety-enhancing features, which include:
- Advanced Emergency Braking System
- Forward Collision Warning
- Stationary Merge Assistant
- Blind Spot Detection
- Electronic Stability Controls
- Rollover Stability Controls
“Autocar has an established reputation for innovation and leads the pack in heavy-duty vocational trucks,” Taitz says. “We will continue to strive to be the industry leader and are going full throttle into 2022, developing new strategies and even more innovations. Stay tuned.”
Find out more, visit www.autocartruck.com.
