Commercial Truck Manufacturers Coverage
In terms of the trucking industry, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) refers to parts made by the same company that makes the vehicle (as opposed to aftermarket parts, which are produced by different companies and designed to be compatible with as many vehicles as possible). While OEM products may cost more than aftermarket upfront, the price reflects the quality.
The biggest commercial truck manufacturer in the world is Daimler AG (better known as Daimler Chrysler), which produces the brands Mercedes-Benz, Western Star, Freightliner, Sterling Trucks, and Fuso, among others. Other leading commercial truck manufacturers include Volkswagen Group (which produces MAN, Scania and Volkswagen Commercial-Vehicles), Volvo Group (which produces Volvo, Renault, Mack, Eicher, and UD Trucks), and Dongfeng Motor, China’s largest automaker.
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Peter Voorhoeve says infrastructure work and the data center boom will keep vocational demand strong, and Volvo built the VNX to stop sitting out a quarter of the market
The VNX shares a platform with the VNL and VNR, the product of a $3 billion investment, and gets a 540-horsepower D13 rated to EPA 2027 standards with 630 braking horsepower
IMC Logistics is adding 50 Tesla Semis to its California fleet, putting Standard Range models in port drayage and Long Range models on lanes between Southern California and inland destinations. The intermodal drayage provider announced the order in a release on Sept. 22. It did not disclose how many of each model it ordered or […]
A new truck carries 100 to 150 small computers and is at its best the day it’s built. Coretura CEO Johan Lundén says a shared operating system can flip that.
ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions raised its U.S. sales outlook for next year by about $50 million, an executive said at a media briefing ahead of IAA Transportation in Hanover, Germany. The German supplier also paused a U.S. hybridization project with a lead customer and is concentrating its new TraXon Hybrid transmission on Europe and Japan. […]
With up to 7,000 Zetros trucks headed to France and more than 1,500 to Canada, Daimler Truck Defence is pitching commercial scale to armies that need vehicles now.
Noncompliance penalties in the proposed amendments to the EPA NoX rule are being objected to by Daimler.
The order is the largest for electric trucks in the U.S. to date, organizers say. Deployments will concentrate in 10 freight hubs from Los Angeles to Newark.
Daimler Truck’s supervisory board approved plans for its largest truck plant in the U.S. Construction starts late 2026, with operations targeted for 2029.
Oil in the power distribution box can knock out lights, wipers, brakes and engine power on 5,919 new Kenworths and Peterbilts. Most failures give no warning.
PACCAR delivered fewer trucks in the second quarter and still earned more money. Constrained freight capacity, firmer rates, and an aging fleet explain the math.
A federal rule on seat belt strength is up for review after OEM objections.
The long-awaited proposed changes in a set of EPA heavy-duty truck regulations that loosely is referred to as “the NoX rule,” because its provisions are aimed at reducing emissions of that pollutant, were released by the agency Thursday as it declared the revised standards will not bring any changes to the cost of truck manufacturing. […]
On July 3, 2026, President Trump pardoned early a dozen people who were convicted under the Clean Air Act for tampering with diesel emissions, months after the Justice Department stopped prosecuting diesel cases entirely. The technology is still bolted to every truck on the road, and nobody in Washington wants to discuss the “what now” of who pays for it.
Mack Trucks fired up a push into the OTR market in ‘25; where does it stand a year later?
Bendix and Aeva bring 4D LiDAR to Class 8 collision mitigation via Fusion ADAS. Collaboration targets L2+ driver assistance in mass production for fleets
Trailer builder Wabash National, which has had a tough few years, got a big boost from an analyst report.
Volvo Trucks will launch unattended over-the-air software updates later this year, allowing fleets to update parked trucks while drivers are away.
Volvo Trucks revealed its redesigned D13 engine for 2027 EPA standards, cutting nitrogen oxide emissions 83% without sacrificing power or reliability
California is offering its latest set of incentives to sell ZEV trucks.
