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The gap between Class 8 truck sales in 1999 and 2000 widened in August as total sales of 16,986 trailed the 1999 figure of 21,938 by 22.6% — the biggest month-to-month drop so far this year.

The executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says American Trucking Associations is hurting his group’s efforts to get a national fuel surcharge law by remaining neutral on the plan.

The gap between Class 8 truck sales in 1999 and 2000 widened in August as total sales of 16,986 trailed the 1999 figure of 21,938 by 22.6% — the biggest month-to-month drop so far this year.

Average retail diesel fuel prices jumped 7.3 cents last week to another all-time high, and skyrocketing crude oil prices promise that prices at the pump will continue to rise.

American manufacturers are recalling 300,000 trucks, buses and emergency service vehicles because of a defect that could cause the brakes to fail.

The executive agency of the European Union has cleared the way for Volvo to become the world’s second largest truck manufacturer with the purchase of Renault SA.

DuPont Co. sued Norfolk Southern railroad because of service difficulties in the wake of NS’s purchase of a part of the former Conrail.

DuPont Co. sued Norfolk Southern railroad because of service difficulties in the wake of NS’s purchase of a part of the former Conrail.

Freightliner Corp. has begun a remanufacturing program aimed at creating a “used truck product line” to compete with both the new and used trucks of other manufacturers.

Freightliner Corp. has begun a remanufacturing program aimed at creating a “used truck product line” to compete with both the new and used trucks of other manufacturers.