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Trucking
Class 8 truck orders tumble to decade low
New Class 8 truck orders dipped to their lowest level in a decade in 2019, payback for an ordering frenzy a year earlier.
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Energy
Ryder partners to build up electric vehicle infrastructure
Ryder is partnering with In-Charge Energy and ABB to make transition to electric vehicles easier.
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Equipment
It’s a buyers’ market as used truck glut stalls new orders
It is sort of a hostage situation. New truck orders are stalled until used truck prices go higher.
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Energy
NFI, Penske reach electric-driving milestones with Freightliner test trucks
The hype surrounding zero-emission electric trucks is evolving into real-world results for two major freight haulers. Both Penske Logistics and NFI Industries have crossed 10,000…
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Business
Class 8 truck orders tumble in November
Preliminary orders for new Class 8 trucks tumbled again in November after one month of improved bookings, new evidence that a slowing manufacturing economy is…
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Equipment
Engine maker Cummins will lay off 2,000 employees in January
Engine maker Cummins will lay off 2,000 workers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest impact of a trucking sector recession that is claiming…
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Equipment
Daimler Trucks recalls Western Star sleeper cabs for window issue
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling 2,725 Western Star brand 4900 and 5700 sleeper cabs from the 2016-2020 model years. About 4% of the recalled…
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News
Volvo Trucks will lay off 700 workers in January (Update)
Volvo Trucks North America will lay off about 700 workers in January, extending an industry pullback in production to match slowing orders of new Class…
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News
Truck safety advocates blast FCC spectrum carve-out plan
Proposal could undercut “hundreds of millions” spent on connected-vehicle infrastructure
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OEM
Volvo, Western Star recall trucks for steering issues
Volvo Trucks North America and the Western Star brand of Daimler Trucks North America will recall nearly 3,700 trucks between them for separate steering-related issues…
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