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Truck makers are becoming more optimistic about the prospects for 2025 Class 8 purchases.

Automated driving technology company Plus has been ramping up on-road testing of autonomous heavy-duty trucks in the United States and Europe in cooperation with Traton Group.

Stellantis NV’s third-quarter revenues slumped 27% as the automaker shipped fewer cars from factories in most of its major markets.

EPA is paying $248.9 million to develop 24 electric truck charging sites for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles along the Interstate 95 freight corridor in four East Coast states.

Ford plans to shut down the Michigan factory that produces its F-150 Lightning plug-in pickup truck through the end of the year as demand for EVs continues to wane.

For truckers, Maine was awarded $5.2 million to offset a $6.5 million project to develop real-time hazard alerts about congestion, bad weather and height restrictions on low bridges.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A semiconductor research facility in upstate New York was selected as one of three national technology centers and will receive up to $825 million in funding.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. have agreed to invest billions to develop autonomous driving software assisted by artificial intelligence.

Uber Technologies reported weaker-than-expected ride bookings and issued a middling forecast for the holiday quarter, even as it delivered record operating profit. 

PITTSBURGH — Autonomous truck company Aurora Innovation says it won’t start hauling freight without humans on board until April of next year, a delay from the end of 2024.