Mack Trucks

Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter where FreightWaves adds context, commentary and color to industry news and trends.

Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter where FreightWaves adds context, commentary and color to industry news and trends.

On this episode of Midday Market Update, Kevin Hill and Michael Vincent look at downstream effects from California’s port crisis.

The first Mack medium-duty trucks in nearly 20 years are finding favor with customers.

Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter where FreightWaves adds context, commentary and color to industry news and trends.

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Weathering the COVID pandemic drove Volvo Group sales lower in 2020, but market share was stable and new orders are pouring in.

FreightWaves Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter adding perspective, context and commentary to industry news and trends.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, TFI International will acquire UPS Freight. Plus, the West Coast has supplanted Chicago as the king of the freight world, and outbound tender volumes keep falling.

Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks are making parts easier to find and order by integrating a truck’s vehicle ID with its fleet unit number.

FreightWaves Truck Talk is a weekly newsletter adding perspective, context and commentary to industry news and trends.

Volvo Group Q3 sales and earnings trailed last year. But a recovery in heavy-duty truck orders and market share gains in North America improved a bleak picture.

Denny Slagle retired as Volvo Group executive vice president and Mack Trucks president in 2018.

After testing its battery-powered LR Electric refuse truck in New York City and with Republic Services, Mack Trucks will take orders in Q4 for deliveries in 2021. Republic, however, committed in August to startup Nikola for 2,500 cabover Tre models beginning in 2022.

Katharina Rath will be tasked with driving German logistics giant’s “global transformation process.”

The OEMs and IoT provider will explore telematics solutions aimed at improving fleet safety and efficiency.

Makeup orders for tractors and trailers lead to rehiring of some laid-off workers and rebuilding shrunken backlogs from March and April coronavirus shutdowns. But how long will it last?

Diesel engine leader locks up engine supply agreement with Navistar through 2026.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, opposition to the federal excise tax ramps up efforts to suspend the tax, CSCMP honors Matthew Waller and drivers sound off on their employers.

Early units of new Mack MD Series medium-duty trucks are coming together in a former comic book publishing factory near Roanoke, Virginia.