Paccar Inc.
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Equipment
Truck makers push parts online and speed service
Major truck manufacturers are using digital tools for ordering parts, repairing equipment faster and transporting trucks for service because of staff shortages during the COVID-19…
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News
Daimler Trucks cautiously resumes US production (Update 2)
The largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks puts worker protections in place as it tries to make up for production lost to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Company earnings
PACCAR earnings slow in first quarter
PACCAR Inc. posted decent first quarter earnings despite shuttering its plants in late March because of the coronavirus pandemic. While truck orders cooled, parts sales…
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Driver issues
Coronavirus crisis boosts trucker relief fund donations
Growing awareness of a 12-year-old relief fund for semi-truck drivers is attracting more and bigger donations as the coronavirus pandemic highlights health risks to truckers…
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News
Class 8 truck makers extend production halts (Update)
Major truck manufacturers extend production suspensions as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. J.P. Morgan upgrades PACCAR and holds a neutral rating on Navistar.
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News
Is a Navistar transition a factor in TRATON bid timing?
Big investors like Carl Icahn will have a say in whether Volkswagen’s truck group buys the 83% of Navistar it does not already own, but…
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Company earnings
Meritor wins heavy-duty truck electrification business from PACCAR
As more of its drivetrain business moves to electrification, Meritor focuses on integrating recent acquisitions TransPower and AxleTech.
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Energy
Hydrogen costs could fall quickly for heavy-duty trucks
The cost of hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric trucking could drop 50% by the end of the decade, making it competitive with other clean energy options…
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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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Autonomous Vehicles
CES 2020: Kenworth quietly reveals autonomous truck
Kenworth skipped the fanfare in showing its Class 8 autonomous truck for the first time ar CES 2020.
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