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Rivian maintained its full-year vehicle production target and profit-making goal, a sign the electric vehicle maker is filling orders on schedule after retooling its assembly lines.

Old Dominion Freight Line's Virginia team is enthused about its chances competing at the National Truck Driving Championships in Indianapolis, and for good reason. 

Continental AG is considering spinning off and listing its struggling automotive business to separate it from the German parts maker’s more successful tire operations.

Some 422 elite truck drivers have descended on Indianapolis for the National Truck Driving Championships with the goal of emerging as the best in the country. 

An increase in sales of power generators and heavy-duty truck engines boosted profits at Cummins Inc. in the second quarter of 2024, the company said Aug. 1.

Renewable diesel as a drop-in fuel for diesel combustion engines is starting to gain traction in the U.S. trucking industry, said suppliers, distributors and federal energy researchers.

Advanced researchers and engine makers say the internal combustion engine’s ability to be more efficient and run on greener fuels means an extended life.

Drivers whose trucks are sidelined along a busy highway with service issues have for decades been required to place warning triangles behind the trailer to alert oncoming traffic, sometimes requiring them to walk precipitously in the often narrow space between the trailer and the highway as traffic whizzes by. 

Used Class 8 truck sales totaled 20,700 in June, according to the latest ACT Research data, down 3.7% from 21,500 vehicles in the year-ago period and 9.2% lower than May’s 22,800.