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Appellate court tosses ruling that awarded fleet $31M in case against Navistar engines
Two years after a jury ruled that Navistar, maker of International Trucks, owed Tennessee-based Milan Express more than $30 million over alleged defects of the company’s MaxxForce engine line, an appellate court has reversed the decision.
August 20, 2019
Business
Mack Trucks debuts connected vehicle service, expands Noregon partnership
Mack’s dynamic maintenance service further expands the partnership with Noregon, an IoT company specializing in connected vehicle solutions.
August 19, 2019
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July 7, 2025
Business
Volvo launches enhanced turbo compounding engine
Almost 300 million miles have been logged to validate the up to 8 percent fuel-savings benefits of first generation of turbo compounding engine since it was developed in 2017.
August 19, 2019
Business
Autonomous truck startup TuSimple snags investment from UPS
The companies currently are jointly testing self-driving tractor trailers on a route in Arizona.
August 15, 2019
Trucks
Freightliner rolls out its first electric Cascadia trucks to customers
First deliveries of eCascadia are underway, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced Monday. Freightliner’s first two Class 8 battery electric trucks were built for Penske Truck Leasing of Reading, Penn., and NFI of Camden, N.J. – customers at its research and development center in Portland – and will be part of Freightliner’s Electric Innovation Fleet […]
August 13, 2019
Business
Trailer orders rebound in July but lag 2018 numbers
The July order volumes continue to demonstrate a possible return to normalcy in the equipment markets.
August 13, 2019
Business
Daimler recalls certain Freightliner Cascadia trucks over brake airline issue
The recall affects approximately 183 model year 2019-2020 Freightliner Cascadia trucks equipped with certain 40,000-pound Lightweight Extra Duty AirLiner suspensions and 51-inch axle spacing configuration.
August 13, 2019
Business
First battery electric Cascadia trucks head to customers
The first two Class 8 battery electric trucks were built for Penske Truck Leasing of Reading, Penn., and NFI of Camden, N.J.
August 13, 2019
Trucks
Tesla goes up in flames after crashing into tow truck
A Tesla Model 3 crashed into a tow truck and burst into flames while engaged in Autopilot this weekend in Russia. Tesla driver Alexei Tretyakov and his two children escaped from the car before it caught fire on a Moscow highway late Saturday night, according to Reuters. Video below shows the car totally ablaze. Two […]
August 12, 2019
Trucks
Brake failure blamed for truck crash
A driver was lucky to walk away from a crash this week in Taylors Falls, Minn. after the brakes on his tractor-trailer reportedly failed and sent him careening down a steep road into a gas station. Minnesota state troopers report that 49-year-old Aleksandar Djordjevic was wearing a seat belt when his truck overturned and slammed […]
August 8, 2019
Trucks
FedEx drops deliveries for Amazon, announces Memphis expansion
FedEx, who alongside UPS helped build Amazon’s massive parcel delivery network, announced Wednesday it won’t renewing its domestic contract with Amazon, effective at month’s end. The announcement from FedEx comes as Amazon increasingly has worked to build out its own delivery network, adding increased pressure to shipping partners FedEx and UPS. In a statement, FedEx […]
August 8, 2019
Business
Nikola lands $1.7M grant to advance fuel cell research
The joint grant was funded by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Transportation Office under the recently announced FY19 Commercial Trucks and Off-Road Applications FOA.
August 7, 2019
Business
Navistar plots strategy toward becoming ‘premier solutions provider’
Vision 2025 is a joint company and dealer network strategy set forth with a goal “to become the premier solutions provider and OEM of choice for trucking customers across North America.”
August 7, 2019
Trucks
USPS driver cooks steak on dash, fires up state rep to address extreme heat inside postal vehicles
A state representative in Arizona is asking the United States Postal Service to cool off dangerously hot delivery vans after one of her constituents, a USPS driver, sent her photos of a steak that was cooked on the van’s dash. Pictures below reveal the effects the summer desert heat had inside the carrier’s van where […]
August 6, 2019
Vocational
Ford PTO now standard on 2020 Super Duty chassis cabs equipped with 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel
Ford announced that it’s offering Power Takeoff (PTO) as standard with its 6.7-liter Power Stroke turbo diesel engine for auxiliary power needs on commercial vehicles. According to Ford, the 6.7-liter Power Stroke and all-new TorqShift 10-speed heavy duty automatic transmission with PTO deliver best-in-class stationary torque of up to 300 lb.-ft. for commercial vehicle bodies […]
August 6, 2019
Business
Regs limiting glider kits score a win in EPA ruling
The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has concluded that a 2017 EPA study used to promote limiting production of glider kit trucks was “consistent” with the agency’s research standards and, therefore, the study’s conclusions shouldn’t be dismissed.
August 5, 2019
Business
Truck orders hit lowest level in 9 years ahead of ‘market correction’
Since March 2018, ACT’s forecasts have targeted 2019’s third quarter as the point at which the supply of Class 8 tractors and demand for freight services would likely tip.
August 2, 2019
Business
Germany-based electric systems company plans Michigan production site
AKASOL President Roy Schulde expects the North American trend in commercial electrification to follow those in Asia and Europe, with buses, refuse and medium duty delivery leading the way.
August 1, 2019
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