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OEM
Traton shakes up Navistar C-suite, ousting CEO Lisboa
Traton Group shuffles the executive deck at Navistar, replacing CEO Persio Lisboa with former Scania executive Mattias Carlbaum.
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Electric Trucks
TRATON goes (almost) all in on truck electrification
The soon-to-be parent of Navistar increases electrification investment to $1.9 billion by 2025 and says 80% of its brands’ trucks will be electric by 2030.
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News
Transmission: Some imports from major battery supplier of Ford EV F-150 banned
On Wednesday, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled against SK Innovation Co. Ltd. for stealing battery trade secrets from LG Chem. What implications does this…
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Trucking
Daimler will create stand-alone truck business
Daimler AG will create a stand-alone truck business, separating Daimler Trucks from the Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicle business to focus on zero-emissions technologies.
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News
TRATON and Navistar reach definitive $3.7 billion merger deal
Volkswagen AG’s truck holding company TRATON and Navistar International Corp. reached a definitive agreement on TRATON’s $3.7 billion buyout of the maker of International trucks…
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Borderlands: Volkswagen Taos starts production in Mexico; Lalamove launches delivery services in Dallas
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Volkswagen Taos starts production in Mexico;…
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Trucking
The Daily Dash: TRATON to acquire Navistar; early earnings disappoint
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a potential TRATON-Navistar tie-up moves closer to a conclusion, plus carriers still hold an upper hand in rate…
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News
TRATON tentatively agrees to buy out Navistar at $44.50 a share
Navistar tells TRATON it can buy the company for $44.50 a share, or about $3.7 billion, slightly more than TRATON’s final offer and almost $10…
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News
TuSimple scores another OEM partner, in Europe
The autonomous trucking company partners with Volkswagen’s TRATON Group on a Swedish autonomous truck program.
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News
Report: TRATON-Navistar merger talks heat up
Seven months after Volkswagen’s truck holding company, TRATON SE, made an unsolicited $2.9 billion offer for Navistar, talks may be heating up, according to Bloomberg.
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