Detroit Adds New Features to Suite of Safety Systems
Detroit announced it added new features to its Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems for the Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 49X models spec’d with a Detroit powertrain.
June 4, 2021Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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New DTNA CEO John O’Leary Notes Industrywide Challenges, Strong Demand for Company's Brands
In the months since taking the CEO reins at Daimler Trucks North America, John O’Leary has watched the trucking industry deliver a response he described as “remarkable” to the unprecedented disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes emerging opportunities and lessons learned position the industry for recovery and growth.
June 3, 2021May Class 8 Orders Fall to 22,900
Class 8 preliminary orders for May fell to the lowest point since August, settling just below 23,000 as the industry paused amid little chance to join this year’s orders backlog, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ initial data.
June 3, 2021Rail Customers Express Concern Over CN-KCS Merger
As leaders from Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway promote their proposed merger, concerns are growing among some of their customers.
June 3, 2021Autocar Rolls Out a ‘Badass’ New Vocational Truck
Autocar is so proud of its new model dump truck, the DC-64D, the company wants people to think of it by the term it’s planning to trademark — Badass.
June 2, 2021Dana Builds Its Way Into Expanding Commercial EV Market
Tier One supplier Dana Inc. invested more than $400 million over the past three years to get its electrification product portfolio in shape as it aims for a revenue target of $500 million from that by 2023.
June 2, 2021Five More Plead Guilty to Staged Accidents in New Orleans
A total of five individuals have pleaded guilty to staging two accidents in the New Orleans area with tractor-trailers in 2017, and obtaining fraudulent financial settlements totaling more than $282,000.
June 2, 2021Want To Take Repairs In-House?
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June 1, 2021Volvo, Albertsons Complete First Zero-Emission Frozen Food Shipment
Albertsons Cos. completed the nation’s first delivery of a refrigerated grocery load with zero-tailpipe emissions technology by deploying a Volvo electric truck and an Advanced Energy Machines electric trailer.
June 1, 2021Pallet Makers Hit by Supply Shortages as Demand Rises
In our worldwide economy, the humble pine pallet is the way that goods move around the globe. Demand for pallets is so great that American manufacturers churn out nearly 1 billion of them every year. And right now, it’s not enough.
June 1, 2021