Class 8 trucks
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Company earnings
Rush Enterprises crushes Q3 sales and earnings projections
Rush Enterprises reported lower Q3 sales and earnings. But the truck dealership network exceeded analyst estimates in both top and bottom line.
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News
Xos gets first Class 8 electric truck deal from Hino
Startup Xos originally sold itself as a Class 8 electric truck chassis maker. After pivoting to middle-mile medium-duties when they looked like the sweet spot,…
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DTNA, PACCAR Q2 market share grows as sales plummet
Market share grew at Daimler Trucks North America and PACCAR even as Q2 sales sank under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chinese truck maker making big moves in Mexico
Shacman Trucks plans to have five to six distributors in Mexico this year, as well as an assembly plant for Class 6-8 trucks by 2022.
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Company earnings
Rush Enterprises posts decent Q1 results
Rush Enterprises, the largest seller of new and used trucks in the country, posted solid first quarter results but is concerned about coronavirus-related carnage to…
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Meritor plants idled and salaries cut in half temporarily
Truck component supplier Meritor idles plants and cuts base salaries up to 50% to save the ship from rough seas.
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Equipment
Large displacement diesels still rule tractor purchases
In a peak demand year for Class 8 tractors, high-powered engines dominated under the hood, but even a new heavy-haul transmission from Eaton and Cummins…
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Economics
Class 8 truck production could fall to less than half of 2019
ACT Research cannot model downturn scenarios fast enough for Class 8 trucks, but high inventory levels make the coronavirus crisis a good time to take…
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Trucking
Truck makers maintain production but wary of supply chain issues
Class 8 truck manufacturers so far are staving off production cuts and layoffs, but they are watching their supply chains carefully for disruptions from the…
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News
Navistar studying TRATON buyout offer but keeping mum
Rather than talk about the proposed TRATON buyout of the company — the elephant in the room — Navistar executives unpacked reasons behind the disappointing…
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