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Autonomous Trucking
Volvo Trucks makes active safety standard on most models via Bendix Wingman Fusion
Volvo Trucks says anyone involved in heavy-duty trucking has a "moral obligation" to make trucking safer.
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Markets
Stage set for Volkswagen to further pursue Navistar
Volkswagen's spinoff of its heavy-truck unit TRATON paves the way for it to pursue Navistar further.
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Canada
Paccar posts record revenues, profits in first quarter
Paccar (NASDAQ: PCAR) reported record revenues and net income for the first quarter of 2019, beating analysts’ estimates on April…
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Equipment
Kenworth expanding Chillicothe plant by nearly 25 percent with $140M paint facility addition
Kenworth will increase the size its Chillicothe, Ohio, manufacturing plant by nearly 25 percent once a new paint facility comes…
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Energy
Western State utilities to look at installing truck charging stations along I-5 corridor
Utilities aim to meet ambitious goals of reducing emissions across western U.S., but technology and financing remain big hurdles.
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Fuel
DOE giving $50 million research jolt to heavy-duty trucking
Funding announced as investment heats up for low-carbon fuel technology.
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Company earnings
PACCAR”s forecast sees a slight growth in class 8 truck market after a strong year
There aren’t too many signs of a slowdown in the class 8 order book, company officials said.
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Economics
New coalition seeks repeal of federal excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers
New truck and trailer purchases currently include a 12 percent federal excise tax, adding tens of thousands of dollars to…
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Autonomous Trucking
Drivers still wanted as autonomous truck tech faces long and winding road, experts say
Technology proponents see automation as aid to driver, not replacement, in short-term as challenges persist for driverless truck.
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Equipment
Surprisingly strong earnings from Navistar may mark the end of a long turnaround
A company that once had problem after problem is turning things around on the back of the strong market for…
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