OEM Trucking

Indiana-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) reported third quarter total revenue of $5.77 billion,  a decrease of 3% from the same quarter in 2018.  North America revenues decreased by 6%, while international revenues declined 25%, officials said. The company, which designs and makes diesel engines and components, estimates that revenue will fall 2% in full-year 2019. […]

A telematics-based pay-as-you-drive program from Daimler Trucks Financial could help trucking firms on the financial brink because of high lease payments and insurance premiums.

The door to TRATON Group selling trucks in North American opened a crack with a memo of understanding between Navistar and TRATON to sell Scania mining trucks in Canada.

Mack Trucks is well on its way to making up lost production from a 12-day United Auto Workers’ strike and sees state-level infrastructure spending buoying its off-highway vocational truck business in 2020.

Kenworth Truck Co. is finally satisfied that over-the-air software updates are safe for its trucks.

The United Auto Workers is ending its strike against Mack Trucks after 12 days. The first walkout in 35 years idled six facilities in three states and forced the layoff of 3,000 workers at Volvo Trucks only North American assembly plant.

Daimler AG reported high sales and earnings in the third quarter but is cautioning that tougher times lie ahead for its Mercedes-Benz car and Daimler Trucks businesses.

Designs of future vocational trucks by students at the ArtCenter College of Design may contain some long-term value for the Western Star Truck Sales subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America.

Hyundai Motor Co. is expanding its fuel cell ambitions to heavy-duty trucks and trailers with a pair of concepts for next week’s North American Commercial Vehicle show in Atlanta.

Paccar Inc. delivered 31,000 trucks in the third quarter, helping the parent company of Kenworth Truck Co. , Peterbilt Motor Co. and DAF beat earnings estimates.

AB Volvo through its venture capital group is investing in an Israeli cybersecurity startup while also combining all of its autonomous ventures into a single group.

Swedish truck maker AB Volvo reported higher third-quarter profits and sales on Friday, October 18. But it warned that orders for new trucks in North America and Europe continue to decline and a strike at its Mack Trucks unit could pinch profits depending on how long it lasts.

A United Auto Workers strike against Mack Trucks could soon impact its sibling Volvo Trucks because both get engines and transmissions from the same plant in Hagerstown, Maryland.

The United Auto Workers plans its first strike against Mack Trucks in 35 years for Sunday, Oct. 13. A total of 3,500 union-represented workers at plants in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida would be affected.

Amazon ramps up truckload business by going all-in on power unit investment

Preliminary Class 8 retail sales for September set an all-time record, but large fleet deliveries likely inflated the results that erased the previous record set in December 2006. Meanwhile, the backlog of trucks waiting to be built is falling, which is leading to layoffs..

Volvo Trucks North America and its Mack Trucks sibling are partnering with connected transportation company Geotab to send electronic logging device data to the cloud and back for interference-free reporting.

Mack Trucks thinks it will weather the trucking industry’s expected downturn in 2020 by focusing on its off-highway models.

Peter Voorhoeve recently passed his first anniversary as president of Volvo Trucks North America after five years running Volvo Group’s (OTC: VLVLY) Australian operations. During his brief tenure, Volvo’s market share is down nearly a percentage point. But he isn’t sweating it. “For me, market share is a result, not an objective,” Voorhoeve said in […]

Navistar is building a new Industry 4.0-ready plant near San Antonio, Texas that will help raise earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.