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Progress in 2023 for battery-electric trucks was slower than expected, with demand underwhelming and improvements needed for the underlying infrastructure, some OEM executives say.

Greenlane plans to use Uber Freight data alongside its own findings in building its proposed public electric and hydrogen commercial vehicle charging network, the joint venture said.

Daimler Truck plans to begin the first on-road customer tests of hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mercedes-Benz GenH2 trucks in global markets in the middle of 2024.

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks rose 6.1% year-over-year in November, bouncing back after the first decrease in seven months in October, according to Wards Intelligence data.

Class 8 retail truck sales in November fell year-over-year for a fourth consecutive month, Wards Intelligence data showed.

A Delaware court approved the sale of 128 freight terminals owned by bankrupt less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp., according to an audio recording of a Dec. 12 hearing.

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies’ Endurant XD automated transmission is now available for three vocational Western Star and Freightliner models, the joint venture said Dec. 11.

Automotive giant General Motors is to team up with Birmingham, Ala-based Autocar Industries to develop a range of hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy-duty vocational trucks, the companies said.

Milence opened phase one of its first heavy-duty vehicle charging hub in the Dutch town of Venlo, it said recently.

Next Century Logistics submitted a second bid for Yellow Corp. assets Dec. 7 after an initial offer to reanimate the bankrupt carrier was turned down by the administrators of Yellow’s assets.