Class 8 trucks
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News
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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News
Unsold Class 8 truck inventories second highest since Great Recession
Swollen inventories of heavy-duty trucks must shrink or manufacturers will need to cut production further to keep the industry order bank from declining further, ACT…
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OEM
Is it the OEMs’ turn for a winless season?
Market Expert Mike Baudendistel looks at the prospects for the truck original equipment manufacturers in 2020.
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Company earnings
Rush Enterprises reports solid 2019 results despite big drop in Q4 truck sales
Rush Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: RUSHA), which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.3 billion,…
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Company earnings
Cummins reports weak Q4 results amid uncertainty over coronavirus
Engine maker Cummins already was predicting a difficult 2020 before the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, where Cummins’ manufacturing operations are shuttered.
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Equipment
Fuel-saving TruckWings will be option on Agility Fuel conversions (with video)
Startup XStream Trucking is in early talks with two major truck manufacturers about its aerodynamic drag-reducing TruckWings, but its first distribution deal makes them optional…
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