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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices. 

Business, Technology, Equipment

SAF-Holland Launches New Trailer Air Suspensions

SAF-Holland Group announced its new CBXA AeroBeam Series of fixed frame suspensions, calling them the lightest weight top mount trailer air suspensions in the industry.

April 29, 2021

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Business, Technology, Equipment

Peterbilt Shows Off New Lineup in Classes 5-8

FORT WORTH, Texas — The infield lanes of Texas Motor Speedway provided the setting for Peterbilt Motors Co. to introduce members of the media to its new lineup of Classes 5-8 trucks.

Steve Sturgess | Special to Transport Topics
April 29, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

Caterpillar Says Chip Shortage May Hurt Equipment Deliveries

Caterpillar Inc. is warning of potential impacts ahead due to a global chip shortage, putting a damper on better-than-expected earnings for the world’s biggest maker of mining and construction equipment.

Joe Deaux | Bloomberg News
April 29, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Daimler Truck, Volvo to Make Fuel Cells in Europe in Joint Venture

FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s Daimler Truck AG and Sweden’s Volvo Group say they plan to jointly manufacture hydrogen fuel cells for trucks in Europe starting in 2025 and called on European Union policymakers to boost incentives for climate-neutral technologies.

David McHugh | Associated Press
April 29, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

Wabash Posts Higher Q1 Profits, Raises Full-Year Guidance

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. returned to first-quarter profitability compared with a year earlier and increased its full-year guidance on revenue.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
April 28, 2021
Business, Equipment

Average Used Class 8 Price in March Is Third-Highest Ever

The average used Class 8 truck in March brought the third-highest price ever as demand rages on and supply is very tight, ACT Research reported.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
April 28, 2021
Business, Equipment

Yellow’s Order for 1,222 579s With Paccar Powertrain Is Peterbilt’s Largest

Peterbilt Motors Co. announced Yellow Corp. placed an order for 1,222 Peterbilt Model 579s, the single-largest order of Peterbilt trucks equipped exclusively with a Paccar powertrain.

April 28, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, TCA

N.Y. Bill Orders All-Electric Truck Sales by 2045

ALBANY, N.Y. — The state Senate on April 26 passed a bill that would essentially mandate that all new passenger cars sold in the state run on electric power by 2035 and trucks and other heavy duty vehicles run on electricity by 2045.

Rick Karlin | Times Union (Albany, N.Y.)
April 27, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

Paccar Reports Surge in Q1 Net Income

Truck maker Paccar Inc. reported a surge in net income and improved revenue in the first quarter as its parts business achieved record revenue and pretax profits amid strong demand and booming e-commerce sales.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
April 27, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous

Unpaid Taxes Another Troubling Sign for Lordstown Motors

CLEVELAND — The failure of Lordstown Motors, an Ohio-based electric truck startup, to pay $570,000 in real estate taxes due in early March is yet another troubling sign for a company that has been barraged by bad news this year.

Mark Gillispie | Associated Press
April 27, 2021