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Energy
Meritor completes acquisition of electrification partner TransPower
After making four investments totaling $12 million in electric truck systems supplier TransPower, Meritor is acquiring the rest of the company.
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Energy
Honda and Isuzu will work together on fuel cell-powered electric trucks
Honda and Isuzu said Wednesday they will work together to apply Honda R&D expertise in fuel cells to Isuzu trucks in Japan.
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Energy
CES 2020: Kenworth collaborates with Dana on medium-duty electric truck
Kenworth and Peterbilt will both put power electronics from Dana in their electric medium-duty trucks.
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Energy
CES 2020: Toyota plans hydrogen fuel cell-powered city of the future
Toyota said at #CES2020 that it plans to build a 175-acre city of the future at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Japan that will…
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Trucking
Class 8 truck orders tumble to decade low
New Class 8 truck orders dipped to their lowest level in a decade in 2019, payback for an ordering frenzy a year earlier.
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Business
Truck maker Paccar issues special $2.30-per-share dividend
Just in time for the holidays, Paccar declared a special dividend of $2.30 a share for stockholders of record by Dec. 20.
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News
Volvo Trucks will lay off 700 workers in January (Update)
Volvo Trucks North America will lay off about 700 workers in January, extending an industry pullback in production to match slowing orders of new Class…
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Business
Glut of used trucks creates buyer’s market (Update)
The number of used Class 8 trucks for sale continues to grow as new equipment deliveries drain the backlog created during a 2018 order binge.
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Equipment
Hyundai boldly leaps into fuel-cell truck race
Hyundai has unveiled a fuel-cell powered Class 8 truck, the HDC-6 Neptune, that it plans to launch at an undisclosed time in the future. It…
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OEM
Kenworth finally offers over-the-air maintenance updates
Kenworth Truck Co. is finally satisfied that over-the-air software updates are safe for its trucks.
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