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Xiaodi Hou was cast as a villain in the decline into irrelevance of autonomous trucking developer TuSimple. He sees it differently.

This week, FreightVana offers a Visa card to its carrier network, SPS Commerce makes an acquisition and we review Symbotic’s Q1 results in the robotics space.

Glen Stewart, director of strategic programs at Wabash, discusses the company’s Trailers-as-a-service (TaaS) offering, which is designed to help increase asset uptime.

Trailer orders are returning to pre-2020 normal rates, even with a 38% month-over-month decline in November.

Knowing when trailer maintenance is needed goes a long way toward preventing equipment breakdowns.

Wabash’s reorganization is continuing to pay off as service revenue rises as trailer sales fall amid improved profits.

Ree Automotive tested its Reecorner by-wire technology for months before getting precertification that moves it closer to production.

Wabash reported record Q2 earnings because it was able to price its trailers and truck bodies higher than the cost of materials.

After originally working with TuSimple, Loadsmith picks Kodiak Robotics for autonomous driving systems.

Trailer maker Wabash reaped the benefits of its reorganization and long-term customer deals in the first quarter.

After a surge in orders in December, trailer OEMs follow truck manufacturers in reporting slower bookings with large backlogs.

Batteries. Electrified components. Fuel cells. Cummins Inc. has plans for all of them. But hydrogen-making electrolyzers top the list.

Aligning with certain customers on long-term supply agreements helped Wabash post Q4 and full-year records.

Trailer manufacturers took in 57,300 orders in December, the second-highest monthly total since tracking began in 1996.

La recuperación de los pedidos suprimidos sesga las reservas en el último mes de 2022

Wabash has signed a multiyear trailer supply agreement with J.B. Hunt, making good on its plan to smooth out equipment ordering.

The easing of constricted supply chains has allowed trailer manufacturers to accept orders that were shunned a year ago.

How does nearly three years as a nuclear machinist’s mate in the U.S. Navy prepare someone to be CEO of Wabash?

Trailer and final-mile equipment maker Wabash crushed third-quarter earnings estimates and built its backlog for a rainy day.

A Nikola whistleblower collected $600,000 from a short seller of the company’s stock and could be in line for a bigger payday from the SEC.

When the 2023 orderbooks for trailers finally open, the suppressed booking numbers will flip in a hurry, but that isn’t happening yet.

A new name in electric truck charging and infrastructure broke cover this week with $1 billion or more in private equity funding.

“We see TaaS as something more than leasing, something more than rental. We see it as a way we can create custom solutions for different digital partners as they try to maximize their business,” said Wabash President and CEO Brent Yeagy.

Trailer maker Wabash is benefiting from a steady order backlog and a focus on more activity with targeted customers.

Nikola is helping to bring electric infrastructure companies to the Arizona desert where it has begun production of electric trucks.

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

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.

Nine North American trailer manufacturers including the eight largest, have earned IIHS’ TOUGHGUARD AWARD for good rear underride protection on some or all of their trailers.

Difficulties finding trailers is starting to rival the effects of the driver shortage at the nation’s largest fleets.

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

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Wabash National discloses Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions in its first sustainability report.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, markets remain on fire and indications are it may continue that way for quite a while. Plus, portions of I-10 reopen following Hurricane Laura and hearing impaired truckers seek relief from certain CDL requirements.