ZF North America is increasingly counting on digitization of the supply chain to help it keep parts moving to customers.

The “everything shortage” forced truck manufacturers to cancel, retime and slow order intake even as demand for more trucks surges.

A joint venture focused on automated manual transmissions is responsible for the practical end of manual gearboxes in heavy-duty trucks.

Waymo Via and C.H. Robinson are the latest dance partners seeking to choreograph autonomous trucking.

Entre sus características se incluyen el “impulso de movimiento” y la carcasa de embrague integrada para mejorar la durabilidad

With its new TX-18 automated manual transmissions, Paccar looks to make off-highway and severe service easier on the driver.

U.S. Xpress, which has deep autonomous trucking ties to TuSimple, adds Aurora as a second partner focused on exploring best driverless routes.

Engine manufacturer Cummins eyes pledge to lower CO2 emissions by reworking its engine families to run on natural gas, hydrogen or diesel.

Trailer orders in January achieved equilibrium with the months of unbuilt orders as fleets and manufacturers operated in an ongoing parts supply shortage.

Nikola hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks and BYD battery-electrics conducted beer runs to Los Angeles-area bars before Sunday’s Super Bowl.

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TuSimple says its autonomous trucking software is “feature complete” and it will expand driverless trucking beyond a pilot program.

Outrider is adding autonomously precise backing of trailers to the dock to its range of driverless services in distribution yards.

Engine braking technology invented by Clessie Cummins is part of the $325 million Cummins acquisition of Jacobs Vehicle Systems.

Cummins takes sole ownership of the natural gas joint venture as it moves to a new onboard storage partnership with Rush Enterprises’ Momentum Fuels.

Embark Trucks’ connection with Knight-Swift will lead to the installation of high-autonomy software by the end of 2022.

Navistar’s new CEO aligns with parent Traton Group in declaring batteries will be the ultimate solution to zero-emission transportation.

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It took a delicate dance by truck manufacturers and fleets in January to keep Class 8 orders from adding to the industry’s huge backlog.

Supply chain challenges and higher material costs dented profits, but Cummins Inc. posted record revenues in 2021.

Wabash retires its legacy brands to focus on the company name as its swollen backlog all but closes 2022 order books except for multiyear purchases.

Top executives resigned at ELMS Inc. following a board probe into their discounted stock purchases before a SPAC merger.

TuSimple advances its commercialization timetable for driverless trucking and adds intermodal freight for Union Pacific at the Port of Tucson in Arizona.

Daimler Truck North America and two partners plan to spend $650 million to build public electric charging for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Truckload operator Werner Enterprises is an early evaluator of the latest powertrain technologies, including a hydrogen-powered Cummins engine.

Class 8 equipment orders are impacted by customer cancellations and OEMs bound by the turning of calendar pages.

Decades of discord over employee benefit cuts at Navistar could end soon with a $742 million settlement.

Volvo Trucks pulled out the stops to deliver in Q4, but it cost extra for expedited shipping and to navigate parts shortages.

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Tula Technology’s engine controls could clear a major hurdle for trucking companies facing tougher emissions rules.

The roads are mostly mapped for TuSimple to drive autonomously in Texas. Now it is up to commercial property developers to get ready.

Paccar Q4 new truck deliveries were up 45% over Q3, suggesting some easing of supply chain disruptions and semiconductor shortages.

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Extending a long-term relationship with Isuzu, Cummins will power a Class 6 medium-duty cabover battery-electric prototype.

With Aurora Driver 2.0, the self-driving developer plans to field the first robotic ride-hailing minivans along with Class 8 trucks.

Being accountable is a dance that can soar or flop based on how well sales and operations teams work together.

Nikola secures a long-term battery supply for its electric trucks with Proterra, which earlier locked up critical cells with LG Energy Solution Electric.

All Daimler Truck segments reported higher sales in 2021 as the recent spinoff posted its first numbers as a publicly traded entity.

Used truck prices continued to rise as 2021 ended with a short supply of late-model used trucks the main culprit, but there were other reasons too.

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Worker outages and parts shortages becoming status quo for beleaguered trailer manufacturers.

La filial de Paccar Inc. muestra las versiones de producción, asombrando a los clientes

There is no turning back on the transition from diesel to battery- electric trucks, especially with hefty incentives offsetting their higher upfront cost.

Sales focus on Asia by spin-off of Horizon Fuel Cell Technology brought weak prices despite surpassing delivery projections.

With a growing stack of letters of intent, Nikola approaches player status in electric trucks if its demonstration units meet performance requirements.

Fuel savings realized from the SuperTruck II program could translate to less battery mass and greater driving range for electric trucks.

A perplexing power distribution module causing lighting failures on Freightliner Custom Chassis has led to a third recall for the problem.

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Like the doorman at a posh nightclub who decides who gets in, truck manufacturers are choosy about what Class 8 orders they’ll accept.

De cara al futuro, la startup aumenta su cartera de pedidos
con la intención de hacer un pedido a USA Truck

Startup electric truck maker Nikola dropped its patent infringement suit against Tesla after original claims were muted and the judge shelved the case.

Cummins CEO: ‘At some point the low-carbon thing becomes the main thing. And [diesel] becomes the niche business.’

Stoughton Trailers was one of five companies that pressed for unfair trade practice rulings against China that led to massive duties.

From storing renewable energy stocks to tapping high-voltage transmission lines, the juice to power electric trucks has to come from somewhere.

After years of work, TuSimple engineers and executives silently watched their autonomous semi take its maiden voyage without a driver.

La startup logra el santo grial del transporte autónomo
mostrando su “madurez comercial”

TuSimple achieved its goal of sending a Class 8 truck with no one in the cab on a nighttime run along Interstate 10 in Arizona.

Nikola and Volvo bag new orders for electric trucks as the industry transition to zero tailpipe emissions gains momentum.

La empresa solicitará el reembolso del fundador acusado
Trevor Milton

Cummins and China’s Sinopec Group will spend $47 million to build green hydrogen technologies in Guangdong Province.

Mack Trucks has begun serial production of its fully electric LR model in Macungie, Pennsylvania..

Navistar and MAN SE leaders trade positions as Traton continues a makeover of Navistar’s executive team.

Nikola avoids admitting wrongdoing, but the SEC lays out a litany of misdeeds that led to the $125 million settlement.

Plus and Iveco lay out a timeline for driver-supervised autonomous trucks followed by fully driverless trucks.

he parking brake may release unintentionally on about 22,000 refuse trucks, creating a potential rollaway. Mack has reported five crashes to NHTSA.

Class 8 truck orders placed this year for 2022 models are being retimed to next year as 2023 models because parts shortages are preventing production.

La crisis de la cadena de suministro provoca nuevos trámites
que confirman los retrasos en las entregas

San Antonio-based Rush Enterprises, already far and away the largest U.S. network of commercial truck dealerships, is getting even bigger.

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Drivers and fleets can get loans to pay sky-high prices for used trucks because spot rates let them earn more than enough to repay.

German shipper and delivery service DHL reserves 100 TuSimple autonomous trucks six weeks after joining Embark Trucks’ partner program.

Kodiak Robotics CEO Don Burnette says asset utilization is the big promise of autonomous trucks now testing mostly in the southwest U.S.

Cummins has recalled X12 diesel engines used in off-highway and specialty vehicles because of potential cracking of fuel tubes that could lead to a fire.

Aurora Innovation acquired Uber’s advanced technology group last year. Now it is piloting autonomous integration with Uber Freight.

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling Freightliner Custom Chassis products a second time because of faulty valve stems.

Supply chain disruptions are far from over for trailer manufacturers, meaning November’s order rebound is probably not sustainable.

As part of Daimler Truck, Torc Robotics faces less pressure than some startups to get driverless trucks to market.

Daimler Truck now stands on its own, trading in Frankfurt outside the shadow of longtime parent Daimler AG.

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Less known outside military circles, Robotic Research may pick up what’s left of platooning pioneer Peloton Technologies.

Cummins Inc. deals with multiple short-term supply chain glitches, but it could take two years to fix chip shortages, CEO Tom Linebarger says.

BP adds to wind power-based electricity generation with a foothold in U.S. electric vehicles through the purchase of startup Amply Power.

Meritor will commercially produce its electric powertrain with supply agreements for buses and plans for fuel cell applications.

With order backlogs exceeding 14 months, manufacturers are accepting few new orders, frustrating fleet demand.

Hay que remontarse un cuarto de siglo atrás para encontrar
un noviembre más flojo en cuanto a pedidos de equipos

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Overwhelmingly small business-based trucking takes a pandemic hit but still dominates freight movement in 2020.

Expanding applications of its molded structural composite trailer bodies, Wabash is looking to the grocery delivery business as a new market.

Daimler Truck estimates the revenue loss from a persistent shortage of microchips will cost billions in lost revenue.

Before its two-truck autonomous convoys hit the road in 2022, startup Locomation points to a scientific study validating its approach.

Hedge funds and retail investors led the takeoff in transportation SPACs that are barely staying aloft. Guess who gets the better end of that deal?

Nikola’s founder sells another large chunk of his holdings in the electric truck startup that wants him to reimburse an expected $125 million SEC fine.

Aurora Technology pledges to be first to take the driver out of an autonomous truck in late 2023, but its freight ambitions are modest at present.

Fleets and individual truckers buying at today’s elevated prices
assume a big risk when the used equipment market normalizes.

Fired Peterbilt worker who raised plant safety issues during first COVID wave is due back pay and damages, Labor Department says.

After moving packages for UPS in converted Chrysler Pacificas, Waymo Via is applying its latest autonomous system to Class 8 trucks in Texas.

The Nikola founder fails in the bid to get his fraud trial moved out of New York to Arizona or Utah, where his wife is ill.

Considera que Nueva York es la sede adecuada para el juicio
previsto para el próximo mes de abril

Volatile prices for steel and components lead trailer makers to make pricing a last-minute decision.

Robot trucks have to sense when trouble lurks, such as an impatient motorist passing on the left — or the right — when they are trying to turn.