U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks in July rose 14% and cleared 22,000 units, WardsAuto.com reported.
August 13, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Perspective
Perspective: Paving the Way for Health-Ready Technology
The commercial vehicle industry is poised to get even smarter thanks to health-ready components, says Wally Stegall of Morey.
August 13, 2019Business, Equipment
Medium-Duty Sales Climb in Summer Market
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Automated Transmissions Shift Into High Gear
Manual transmissions in Class 8 trucks once reigned among fleets and seasoned drivers, but they now represent a minority that is rapidly shrinking.
August 13, 2019Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
CVSA Asks Senate to Fund an Updated Major Crash Causation Study
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has asked U.S. Senate appropriators to include funding in the 2020 transportation funding bill for a study that would explore the causes for commercial vehicle crashes, an update to a similar study completed 16 years ago.
August 9, 2019Business, Equipment
Commercial Vehicle Group’s Revenue Up 4.2% in 2Q
Commercial Vehicle Group Inc. reported net income of $7.2 million for second-quarter 2019, down 46% compared with net income of $13.2 million in the prior-year period.
August 9, 2019Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous
Scout, Amazon’s Self-Driving Delivery Robot, Heads to California
Amazon said Aug. 6 that its six-wheeled self-driving robots, about the size of a smaller cooler, will begin delivering packages to customers in Irvine, Calif., after testing them in a suburb of Seattle earlier this year.
August 6, 2019Business, Equipment
Class 8 Orders in July Sink to Lowest Level Since 2010
Class 8 orders were down to their lowest level since 2010 in July, according to preliminary numbers from ACT Research.
August 5, 2019Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel
EPA IG Finds Study Critical of Glider Emissions Was Properly Conducted
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General audit has given a 2017 agency study critical of glider truck emissions a clean bill of health.
August 1, 2019Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety
Trucking Stakeholders Ask Congress to Repeal the 12% Federal Excise Tax on Trucks, Trailers
A group of trucking stakeholders asked Congress to repeal the 12% federal excise tax on the purchase of heavy-duty trucks, tractors and trailers.
August 1, 2019Business, Equipment
Eaton’s Net Income Increases 4.1% in 2Q
Power management company Eaton Corp. reported net income of $636 million in the second quarter ended June 30, up 4.1% from $611 million in the same quarter in 2018.
July 30, 2019