Medium-duty trucks
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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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Company earnings
Navistar beats Q4 earnings estimates but lays off 10% of its workforce (Update)
Navistar will cut 10% of its worldwide workforce even as it gained market share for the third consecutive year.
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Energy
Navistar skips incentive chase to get electric trucks to diesel price parity
Navistar is skipping the chase for incentives on demonstration electric trucks to consult with customers on custom-built zero-emission medium-duty models with total cost of ownership…
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Equipment
Hino rebrands its commercial vehicle lineup, adds new features, configurations
Hino’s XL Series of trucks will receive new cab configurations for 2021. The brand has renamed several of its trucks and added a host of…
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Business
Trade uncertainty stunts Class 8 truck orders
Preliminary September orders for Class 8 trucks improved over August but remained stagnant as fleets delayed booking new equipment in the face of ongoing trade…
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Business
Daimler Trucks drills down on customer experience
The concept of customer experience has been around for decades but it is getting new emphasis in trucking as electric and autonomous technology arrives.
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Business
Navistar cuts medium-duty truck production in Ohio
Navistar is the first to slow production lines for new trucks. It is targeting medium-duty units because inventories are up 30 percent year over year.
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Equipment
Mitsubishi Fuso brings gas power to the Class 5 cabover market
Mitsubishi Fuso said that customers are demanding more gasoline models in medium-duty operations, so it is delivering with this Class 5 gas-powered cabover.
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Equipment
UPS’s Carlton Rose: Electric is the future, but we are not there yet
UPS’ Carlton Rose, president of global fleet maintenance and engineering, said he expects electric power to be the long-term solution in medium-duty, but it isn’t…
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News
Today’s Pickup: Government conducts platooning test
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted a three-truck platooning test in Centreville, VA, last week, along I-66. The test, using Volvo Trucks, was designed to…
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