Class 8 Registrations Expected To Climb
The number of new Class 8 registrations this year is expected to recover by more than 10 percent from last year, which were down by 26 percent, according to Andrej Divis, director of global heavy…
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For Trucking, ‘Tailwinds and Headwinds’ This Year
The new year will be a story of contending tailwinds and headwinds,’’ according to a 2021 economic forecast by U.S. Xpress. The forecast, from one of the country’s largest truckload fleets, looks at economic indicators…
Market for Class 5-8 Trucks Booming
Despite the plunge in new-truck orders during the spring COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, orders of Class 5 through 8 trucks closed out 2020 in near-record territory, according to industry analysts FTR and ACT Research. Preliminary North…
CN Acquiring 50 Electric Trucks
The announcement of the CN purchase of 50 Class 8 trucks is the first time Lion Electric has presented a tractor configuration. The Lion Electric Co. has signed a memorandum of understanding with CN Rail…
Cummins To Provide Engines To Navistar
Diesel engine leader Cummins Inc. will supply medium and heavy-duty truck and bus engines to Navistar International Corp. through the next two emission cycles, or 2026, the company announced recently. “This new long-term agreement with Cummins…
Recession Will Punish Weaker Trucking Companies
What this virus-induced recession will mean long term for the trucking industry is at this point subject more to conjecture than certainty. What is guaranteed, however, is that this second quarter will be brutal for…
Ports Will See Class 8 Electric Trucks
The busiest truck hub on the U.S. West Coast said that while major truck manufacturers and start-ups have made progress on battery-electric Class 8 trucks, the technology is still two years away at best from…
Truck Orders Soared in January
T ransportation analysts are reporting that Class 8 truck orders soared in January to their highest level since 2006, according to early reports from transportation analysts at ACT Research and FTR.…
Hino Trucks plans new truck plant
Hino Trucks will manufacture a new line of Class 7 and 8 trucks at an assembly plant in West Virginia, starting in 2019, company officials announced recently. The new larger trucks will be powered by…
Class 8 will be strong in ‘18, analyst says
North American Class 8 truck production will hit 300,000 units in 2018, a level seen only once in the past 10 years, according to transportation industry analyst FTR. Commercial vehicle trailer produc…
