Welcome to Autocar Trucks, the leading manufacturer of premium severe-duty chassis with industry-best uptime, safety and ROI. It’s what our customers want.
We proudly build our trucks in Birmingham, Ala., and Hagerstown, Ind. If submitting a photo, please see About for a Notice. Autocar is the only American truck manufacturer focused on trucks for severe-duty vocational applications. But above all, Autocar is focused on our customers: We don’t just build trucks, we provide a complete tool - a whole system - that helps our customers to be more success
ful and to achieve their challenging objectives. Our slogan, “Always Up®” isn’t just some fancy promise – it’s a state of mind. It’s what we live. Who’s up first in the mornings? The sun. The early birds. The hardest workers. And the hardest working trucks. Always Up means we work intimately with our customers so that every single one of our trucks is purpose-built to fit the specific needs of their business and stay in service. Always Up also means our Autocar Solutions® 24/7 service command center solves our customers' technical issues and coordinates our network of hundreds of authorized Autocar service locations across the United States and Canada. Autocar’s hundreds of customers include every national waste-hauling fleet, major cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and Charlotte, and many of the largest retailers, food manufacturers, and freight logistics companies in North America. With a steady stream of innovations to our Autocar ACX line, ranging from improved ergonomic cabs, enhanced safety and productivity, and unsurpassed body-chassis integration, Autocar has staked out a position as the industry's technology and innovation leader. The Autocar ACX is also gaining dedicated fans with custom-engineered configurations in severe vocational applications such as concrete pumpers and mobile cranes. The Autocar ACTT is the most advanced, productive, and efficient Terminal Tractor in the market. Autocar continues to gain market share rapidly, earning our customers' loyalty over competitors many times our size. We have a demanding legacy to live up to: Autocar is the oldest motor vehicle manufacturer in the United States and built America's first truck, in 1899. The many technical innovations first introduced by Autocar which are now standard in all cars and trucks around the world, plus its focus on custom-engineering trucks for the most demanding applications, led to Autocar’s reputation among truck professionals in the 20th Century as the "World's Finest". A proudly American-owned company, Autocar is headquartered in Hagerstown, Indiana and is affiliated with GVW Group, based in Highland Park, Illinois.
06/24/2026
Safety is not a side conversation.
Not in refuse.
Not on tight streets.
Not around crews, pedestrians, traffic, and neighborhoods that count on the work getting done right.
The route does not slow down.
The risks do not disappear.
So the truck has to get smarter.
This Waste Today article breaks down seven things to know about refuse safety systems, including how technology like Autocar’s ADAM™ helps push the industry forward.
What’s the one thing people outside this industry never understand about your job?
We’ll go first:
Every load drives different.
05/25/2026
Today we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for our freedom.
We remember their sacrifice and the legacy they leave behind.
05/21/2026
You don’t compromise on safety, so you need a mixer that protects your people. One with an all-steel cab and best-in-class all-around visibility. That’s the DC-64M. But you want more – like a mixer with a Smart Dash that gives you multi-fault, OEM diagnostics at your fingertips. That’s the DC-64M, too. Because being safe is great. Being safe and smart is even better. And it’s what you deserve.