Equipment
August Medium-Duty Sales Battle Excess Inventory, Drop 16.3%
General Motors Co. Silverado medium duty truck. GM led in Class 4 with 1,158 sales. (Chevrolet)
Medium-duty truck sales in August fell 16.3% to just more than 19,000 compared with a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported Sept. 11.
September 15, 2020US Removes Canada Aluminum Tariffs Amid Retaliation Threat
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The U.S. announced the removal of aluminum tariffs it slapped on Canada last month.
September 15, 2020Nikola Photo Gallery
Photos of Nikola's vehicles.
September 15, 2020COVID-19 Pandemic Stalls Replacement Cycles
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Motor carriers paused their replacement cycles during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, but most dealers, fleets and analysts said the industry merely delayed making purchases for a few months, and they don’t expect long-term changes.
September 15, 2020August Class 8 Sales Hit Highest Mark of 2020
Class 8 Freightliners on a sales lot. Freightliner tallied 7,266 sales, down 3.6% from a year earlier, but that figure still represented a leading 41.1% market share. (Freightliner)
U.S. Class 8 retail sales in August hit the high point of the year, clearing 17,000 as Freightliner notched a leading 41.1% market share, WardsAuto .com reported.
September 14, 2020Estes Partners With Clean Energy to Expand RNG Vehicle Fleet
A Clean Energy Fuels station in California. Estes, headquartered in Richmond, Va., will use the trucks for the segment of its fleet in California. (Clean Energy Fuels Corp.)
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced Sept. 9 that Estes Express Lines is adding 50 of its renewable natural gas trucks.
September 11, 2020VW’s Traton Boosts Bid for Navistar to $3.6 Billion
International trucks are parked in a lot outside the Navistar facility in Melrose Park, Ill. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Navistar International Corp. confirmed that Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck business boosted its bid to buy the rest of the U.S. manufacturer for $3.6 billion.
September 10, 2020Navistar Reports Drop in Fiscal Q3 Earnings
Navistar International Corp.
A near 50% decline in truck sales, caused by the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, resulted in Lisle, Ill.-based Navistar International Corp. reporting sharp losses in its fiscal third quarter.
September 9, 2020Fortistar, Paloma Dairy Partner on RNG Production to Fuel Trucks
An aerial view of Paloma Dairy during a corn silage harvest. (R VH via YouTube)
Private investment firm Fortistar and large family-owned Paloma Dairy announced they are constructing a dairy digester facility to capture methane and produce renewable natural gas to fuel the Class 8 market, as well as for a public utility.
September 9, 2020