Navistar International Corp., the parent company of International brand trucks, reported a surge in net income and increased revenue for its fiscal second quarter as truck orders rose and it increased production.
June 8, 2021Fleet Equipment News
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Navistar Posts Surge in Fiscal Q2 Net Income
House Lawmakers Introduce Speed Limiters Bill
A bill to require speed limiters on heavy commercial trucks was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
June 7, 2021Drivers, Fleets Become More Comfortable With Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Advanced driver assistance systems initially encountered driver resistance, but over time have become a more widely accepted and even embraced trend as drivers realize their benefits.
June 7, 2021Detroit Adds New Features to Suite of Safety Systems
Detroit announced it added new features to its Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems for the Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 49X models specd with a Detroit powertrain.
June 4, 2021New DTNA CEO John OLeary Notes Industrywide Challenges, Strong Demand for Company's Brands
In the months since taking the CEO reins at Daimler Trucks North America, John OLeary has watched the trucking industry deliver a response he described as remarkable to the unprecedented disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes emerging opportunities and lessons learned position the industry for recovery and growth.
June 3, 2021May Class 8 Orders Fall to 22,900
Class 8 preliminary orders for May fell to the lowest point since August, settling just below 23,000 as the industry paused amid little chance to join this years orders backlog, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers initial data.
June 3, 2021Rail Customers Express Concern Over CN-KCS Merger
As leaders from Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway promote their proposed merger, concerns are growing among some of their customers.
June 3, 2021Autocar Rolls Out a Badass New Vocational Truck
Autocar is so proud of its new model dump truck, the DC-64D, the company wants people to think of it by the term its planning to trademark Badass.
June 2, 2021Dana Builds Its Way Into Expanding Commercial EV Market
Tier One supplier Dana Inc. invested more than $400 million over the past three years to get its electrification product portfolio in shape as it aims for a revenue target of $500 million from that by 2023.
June 2, 2021Five More Plead Guilty to Staged Accidents in New Orleans
A total of five individuals have pleaded guilty to staging two accidents in the New Orleans area with tractor-trailers in 2017, and obtaining fraudulent financial settlements totaling more than $282,000.
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