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July sales of used Class 8 vehicles, along with the average price for a heavy-duty truck, rose year-over-year again.

Traton SE, whose purchase of Navistar International Corp. closed in July, announced a new CEO and chief financial officer for the American truck maker as it added executives who played key roles in the merger.

Bollinger Motors Inc. said Aug. 25 it will sell Class 4 and Class 5 electric commercial trucks in addition to the Class 3 vehicles it unveiled last year in a move the Oak Park, Mich.-based startup said would offer greater coverage to customers.

White House and other administration officials told the Environmental Protection Agency that its industry-backed plan for tightening auto emissions limits was too lax, but the agency rebuffed those warnings and released the proposal with provisions that could lessen its bite.

Peterbilt Motors Co. announced the delivery of 10 battery-electric Model 579EVs to Shippers Transport Express for immediate use as part of their drayage operations at the Port of Oakland.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems announced it produced 10 million units of its remanufactured brake shoes not quite a decade after beginning serial production of the component.

The New York Shipping Exchange, founded in 2015 by a former industry executive to make the container shipping market more efficient, is raising another $15 million to expand contracts that can help protect companies’ supply chains from price hikes and other uncertainties.

UPS Inc. started delivering coronavirus vaccines with the use of drones as part of a new initiative announced Aug. 24.

Phillips Industries announced it released its QWIK-Clamp for charging cables with an insert designed for single or dual pole applications.