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Mexico reaches new record for truck production, exports during July
Mexico’s national association of heavy duty truck and bus manufacturers (ANPACT), reported the manufacture of commercial trucks grew 6% in July, producing 20,006 units, when…
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Review Features
Owning vs. leasing your own Class 8 vehicle
Should you own your own heavy duty truck or consider leasing?
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Equipment
Class 8 orders rise slightly in June, but post worst first half of year since 2010
Class 8 truck orders rose sightly in June from May's figures, but posted their worst first six months of the year since 2010.
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News
Today’s Pickup: U.S. and Canada to expand pre-clearance to cargo
President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau agree to implement agreement that has the potential to speed up the flow of goods between the two countries.
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News
Amazon sets parcel deliveries to trunks of some Ford Motor models
Apps collaborate to deliver to Ford cars.
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News
“Digital exhaust” a struggle for fleet owners
Fleet owners are being fed data through a fire hose and need better tools and support to make sense of it all, agreed a panel…
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Canada
Volvo recalls 14,000 VNL and VNX heavy-duty trucks for sleeper bunk window defect
Volvo Trucks North America recalled 14,009 2018-2020 VNL and VNX heavy-duty trucks because the adhesive bond between the glass and hinge of the sleeper bunk…
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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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Energy
Battery-electric trucks still need two-year incubation to reach market, says California port
This year will see Volvo and Daimler put electric Class 8 trucks to test, as start-ups still have few commercially available models.
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Today’s Pickup: Volvo begins California test of connected vehicle technology
Volvo has started testing connected vehicle technology in California, plus Michigan governor pitches fuel tax hike, California legislator wants to phase out diesel engines and…
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