Class 8 trucks

Understanding all of your options when it comes to improving driver comfort

Staying on top of repair and maintenance is one of the most important elements in securing your truck’s lifespan.

The engine displacement in Class 8 commercial tractors is expected to drop in coming years as stricter federal emissions standards take effect in the next decade.

Daimler Trucks North America celebrated the 750,000th build at its plant in Cleveland, North Carolina as its parent company prepares to build its heavy-duty Actros at its joint venture. in China.

Freight tonnage will grow 25.6 percent by the end of the next decade, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) predicts in its annual ATA Freight Transportation Forecast: 2019 to 2030.

The concept of customer experience has been around for decades but it is getting new emphasis in trucking as electric and autonomous technology arrives.

Already the undisputed Class 8 sales leader, the 2020 Freightliner Cascadia arriving this fall is a technological tour de force that allows the truck to do most of the work of driving.

The rise and fall of interest in natural gas trucks typically depends on the price of oil. Now, the availability of clean energy credits in California and tougher NOx rules expected from the California Air Resources Board are additional reasons for purchase.

July heavy-duty truck orders were the lowest since 2010, more evidence of a trucking sector recession taking hold.

Preliminary used truck sales in the heaviest weight segment – Class 8 – dropped 22 percent in May compared with the May 2018.

Navistar announces plans to invest $125 million in new and existing facilities in Alabama.

National spot market price movement has a surprisingly tight relationship with new truck orders.

Capacity is still being added to the market. Truck orders numbers for both new and used models support this.

March orders for new trucks in the heaviest Class 8 weight segment plummeted 66 percent compared with the same month in 2018.

It’s been about 50 years since a truck maker has successfully entered the Class 8 market in North America and lasted, said Dominik Beckman, director of marketing and dealer operations for Hino Trucks. So what makes Hino think it can do that now?

There aren’t too many signs of a slowdown in the class 8 order book, company officials said.

Class 8 truck orders dropped dramatically in both November and December, with orders dropping below deliveries in December.

A company that once had problem after problem is turning things around on the back of the strong market for class 8 trucks.

EU guns towards a new regulation that forces fleets to provide minimum wages to drivers; OPEC meets today over oil price turmoil and production ceiling; China agrees to resume U.S. soybean and LNG imports.