Truck Talk is a weekly FreightWaves newsletter providing perspec on autonomous, electrification and other key issues in the trucking ecosystem.
Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter providing perspective and context on the week’s happenings in the trucking industry.
Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter offering perspective and context on the trucking industry.
A Mack Trucks facility was the backdrop Wednesday for President Biden to highlight his plan to require that 75% of the value of a product’s components be made in the U.S.
Volvo makes no mention of the UAW strikes but smaller sibling Mack Trucks delivers more units in Q2 as the industry recovers from year-ago pandemic shutdowns.
Striking Volvo workers voted down a third tentative agreement, prompting the exasperated truck manufacturer to “consider all options.”
In the fourth week of a second strike, UAW bargainers reach a third tentative agreement with Volvo Trucks North America.
Testing in Brooklyn convinced the New York City Department of Sanitation the Mack LR Electric refuse hauler has the right stuff for wider use.
Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter that adds perspective and context to issues affecting the trucking industry.
As a UAW strike at Volvo enters its third week, the impact is reducing shifts at a Maryland engine plant that serves Volvo and Mack Trucks.
Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter from FreightWaves that adds perspective and context to happenings in the trucking industry.
After calling off a 13-day strike at Volvo Trucks North America, the UAW rank and file repudiated its leadership by rejecting a new five-year contract.
The United Auto Workers took down picket lines Friday after a 13-day strike at Volvo Trucks North America.
Daimler Trucks and Portland General Electric opened their Electric Island charging site as part of a border-to-border charging corridor.
Canadian trucking giant Mullen Group wades into truck sales after acquiring a small Volvo and Mack dealership as part of the acquisition of British Columbia’s Bandstra Group.
UAW calls walkout after 30-day extension fails to result in agreement. No new talks until at least April 26.
Incentives help make Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks affordable for a food logistics supplier, whose 14-unit order benefits from a $3.9 million grant.
Kenworth spent five years preparing a new range of medium-duty trucks, its first all-new lineup in three decades.
Kenworth and Peterbilt avoid downtime from semiconductor shortage by parking unfinished trucks and getting back to them later.
Largely spared the automotive industry impact from semiconductor shortages, truck manufacturers are starting to take downtime.
