Kenworth SuperTruck2

Kenworth invented the aero truck with the T600 and the trend continues to the most aerodynamic production truck yet, the T680. The SuperTruck 2 was developed over a 6-year period as part of a collaboration with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) SuperTruck program, designed to challenge truck makers with improving freight efficiency using a diesel engine as the main power source.
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[chesterpanda]

Looks a like a drivable Mandalorian Helmet.

[Supernaut]

Wow, looks like a 1920’s streamliner locomotive.

[StigmADiabolicuM]

What is more refreshing is that they are not ditching diesel engine!

[AsaSeamurBey]

That ain't no damn truck that look like a contemporary high speed train on wheels

[adamlopez]

I have a feeling that mechanics everywhere are gonna love working on this lol

[Uptoearly]

That’s amazing . Now test it on real world potholes 😂

[rogerwilco]

The first Kenworth Supertruck was the 1974 W900A last seen driven by Cleetus Snow

[PatricioGarcia]

the only roads you could drive that would be in Europe. All the roads in the US are going to destroy the front airdam and lower aero in less than 100 miles

[randywheeler]

Imagine trying to do a pre-trip on that or any sort of maintenance

[Mystical_Ace]

I'm not a trucker but this would be so cool to drive in American Truck Simulator. I already drive a Kenworth W900 in that game and love driving it.

[syoung]

I can totally see this truck parked at a Love's truck stop with a bag of garbage being thrown out the window😮😢😅😂

[LibertarianHoosier]

The thing that I admire most about this truck is the way it captures modern and futuristic capabilities, but also resembles trucks of the 1950s.

Especially the concept model designs some manufacturers were looking for. Well done, PACCAR. 👍

[SoleEpiphany]

First pothole it hits is going to be stupid expensive

[jimrogers]

My dad owned a ‘52 KW that he bought brand new and drove over a million miles until he sold it in the late 70s. He had an experimental Cummins diesel engine in it and could do 110 mph with a full load of logs… and he did. KW is a great truck!

[firebythewater]

I currently drive a 2023 Kenworth Next Gen T680. It gets 10 to 12 mpg daily, even fully loaded. Has a Cummins under the hood too. The numbers of this new Super Truck arent as impressive as they make it sound, but I do like the limiting factors of the body panels for a D.O.T. inspection ;)

[fighterchrist]

Forget taking that off road at all. That’s 100% interstate, don’t even want to hit a pothole.

[l.a.raustadt]

Center driver position would throw us old timers off. But retired and it is beautiful and so cool . Build it and get it out there!

[livelife]

American ingenuity at its best.
Looks like a high speed locomotive.
Great job🇺🇸👍🏼

[Cowboy_moonman]

I love how the engineers took off the shelf parts and just reconfigured the legos in a different combination breaking the mold/status quo of what it means to make a semi truck frame!

Part 2? In depth going into the layout of components on frame (unless it’s proprietary)?

I see and like that the radiator core is shorter but thicker possibly to keep similar cooling characteristics to traditional radiators, love how low the engine is on the frame, given its now behind the axle and if I had to guess dry sump oil pan? Finally a cab over without the intrusive in-cab engine shroud like traditional built cabovers.

Hopefully everything is accessible and easy to disassemble and reassemble, quick access ports for fluid level checks and easy pre-trip would be perfect (especially considering wheels are now shrouded, hopefully checking tire pressure and hub oil level is easy and not a pain).

And obviously, the aero logic looks superb, looks like it’ll cut through the fluid that is the atmosphere like an efficient racing catamarans hull skims across the water!

Off course this shouldn’t be a replacement for traditional classic configurations, owner operators know what they like and what works, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and I get that, but I see these aero trucks saving thousands of gallons of diesel a year if implemented in a large fleet and that can’t be ignored. Best of both worlds I say!

Also if the fuel tanks are now in frame, there could be some serious storage space possibilities along the lower sides of the cab, kinda like a passenger bus storage bins.

[fqhhser]

Clean sheet design with a lot of influence from Boba Fett helmet and the Pioneer Zephyr locomotive.