Equipment
Mack Announces TerraPro Concrete Pumpers Can Include AMT
The mDRIVE HD. (Mack Trucks)
Mack Trucks announced customers can now order a Mack mDRIVE HD automated manual transmission in Mack TerraPro cabover concrete pumpers powered by the 13-liter Mack MP8 engine.
June 11, 2021Class 8 Sales in May Jump 98.4% Year-Over-Year
Freightliner remains the market leader and improved 114.3% to 6,653 compared with 3,104 in the 2020 period. (Freightliner)
U.S. Class 8 retail sales in May cleared 18,000 and trounced year-earlier levels that had plunged amid the pandemic, WardsAuto .com reported.
June 10, 2021Supply Chain to Remain Backed Up Until 2022, Experts Say
Trucks line up near shipping containers stacked near gantry cranes at the Port of Los Angeles. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News)
Imported cargo shipments to the U.S. are expected to remain at a record or near-record levels for several more months as consumer spending continues to restart the pandemic-damaged economy. But industry experts say all of that buying is clogging an already overtaxed supply chain.
June 9, 2021Commercial Classes 3-8 Trucks Cutting GHG Emissions
(Diesel Technology Forum)
Some 49% of all Classes 3-8 commercial vehicles, or nearly 5.5 million trucks, are using advanced diesel engine technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.
June 9, 2021VW Charged With Deceit Over Diesel
Michael Sohn/Associated Press
French investigators said Volkswagen AG has been charged in a fresh crackdown on alleged deception over diesel emissions that also has embroiled rival Renault SA.
June 9, 2021Biden Will Need More Than $52 Billion for Chip Effort, Analysts Say
Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg News
President Joe Biden’s blueprint for the U.S. semiconductor industry marks an ambitious effort to set industrial policy for a critical sector of the economy, but the strategy will need more money and global support to take back chip supremacy and pre-empt a rival effort from China.
June 9, 2021AASHTO, ITS America Appeal FCC’s 5.9 GHz Spectrum Decision
Federal Communications building in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)
Opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s ruling on the 5.9 GHz transportation spectrum band remains active as a pair of stakeholders are formally pushing back on the agency’s move.
June 8, 2021Whiting Systems Opens New Welding Facility
Whiting Systems opened its new facility in Bryant, Ark. (Whiting Systems)
Whiting Systems opened a new welding facility that will allow manufacturing processes to be faster for customers, the company announced last month.
June 8, 2021Navistar Posts Surge in Fiscal Q2 Net Income
An RH Series International Truck. (Navistar International Corp.)
Navistar International Corp., the parent company of International brand trucks, reported a surge in net income and increased revenue for its fiscal second quarter as truck orders rose and it increased production.
June 8, 2021House Lawmakers Introduce Speed Limiters Bill
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
A bill to require speed limiters on heavy commercial trucks was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
June 7, 2021