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Chips Still Hindering Truck Plants

Lack of chips still hindering truck plants. Semiconductor shortages are still interfering with efforts by truck manufacturers to produce enough trucks to fulfill customer order commitments – and truck makers may not be able to meet…

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Chip Shortage Hurting Truck Makers

The impact on complete assemblies is widespread among the Big Four manufacturers — Paccar (Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF Trucks), Daimler Trucks North America, (Freightliner and Western Star trucks); Volvo Trucks North America, (Volvo and Mack Trucks); and Traton Group (Navistar International)

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Truck demand robust, data show

With new Class 8 truck orders from April having essentially filled the backlog for the remainder of 2021 in North America, and with 2022 order books not yet opened, it’s no surprise that order numbers…

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Shortages Slow Truck Production

While significantly more trucks are needed to handle the freight growth generated by the economic recovery and government stimulus, truck production continues to be substantially limited by shortages of semi-conductors and various other components, according…

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