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Equipment
Makeup orders boost tractor and trailer production — for now
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…
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Daimler Trucks data mining finds miles driven is rising (Update)
Daimler Trucks looked at the mileage data of 130,000 trucks it monitors and predicts mileage driven could reach pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of June.
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Equipment
Class 8 truck orders stagnate in May (Update)
Near-shutdown of Class 8 truck production in May resulted in stagnant orders as COVID-19 lockdowns took hold.
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American Shipper
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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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News
Waymo is setting up a production facility in Detroit to manufacture self-driving cars
Waymo is setting up the world’s first production facility in Detroit that manufactures Level 4 autonomous vehicles.
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FreightWaves Infographics
The production/logistics behind Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s day is all about love… and logistics.
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News
Auto industry anticipates production losses ahead of Hurricane Florence
FreightWaves spoke to Bill Rinna, Director of Americas Vehicle Forecasts for LMC Automotive to learn more about the threat Hurricane Florence poses to the auto…
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Insights
San Francisco outbound freight volumes continue to climb driven by Tesla
Tesla’s auto production in Fremont and high container volumes out of Oakland are driving demand for trucks in the San Francisco market
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