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A steady supply, thriving shipping market, and increased demand helped stabilize wholesale values going into 2019.
Western Star says the 4700, its most popular truck model, has been updated to make it lighter, safer, more productive, and faster to upfit.
After a record-breaking year for truck manufacturing in 2018, global truck maker Daimler Trucks expects to see some moderation in overall economic growth in the U.S. through the second half of the year, along with a corresponding normalization in commercial vehicle sales figures.
Daimler Trucks North America announced at CES in Las Vegas that it’s now offering what it says is the first Level 2 automated truck in series production in North America with the latest enhancements to the Freightliner new Cascadia. Level 2 automation means the truck is capable of both lateral (steering) and longitudinal (acceleration/deceleration) control.
The Kenworth W990, a long-hood conventional truck with a design that calls back to the company’s W900 truck, is now available for order.
Cummins has announced that the company’s lightest engine for Class 8 trucks, the Cummins X12, is now available for Freightliner’s 114SD chassis.
After four months of renovation work, Rainier Truck & Chassis has finally got its pilot production plant operational.
Hino Trucks expanded its product lineup this past Spring with the introduction of the all-new Class 7 and Class 8 XL Series. Recently featured at the 2018 American Towman show in Baltimore, the trucks featured a fully equipped Miller Industries Century 3212 G2 medium-duty wrecker and an LCG16 Series carrier.
After nearly a full year with the Electronic Logging Device mandate in effect, here's a look at what we know so far and where this important connected-vehicle technology seems to be heading.
A new report by ACT Research finds that natural gas-powered Class 8 truck sales have fallen off by almost 30% compared to last year's numbers.