Equipment

U.S. trailer orders in February hit 33,000 units, setting a record for the month provided the preliminary figures hold, but concerns are mounting that tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel are pushing up trailer prices.

Ride-hailing company Uber is in talks to start selling its self-driving technology to Toyota Motor, Japanese media reported March 16.

The senior U.S. senator from the country’s most tech-savvy state has for months blocked a bill championed by some of California’s biggest tech companies that would cut regulations and get self-driving cars onto roads sooner — and she made it clear March 14 she’s not backing down.

U.S. retail sales of Class 8 trucks shot up 49% in February to nearly 17,000 units as all but one truck maker posted high double-digit gains.

Reports of “outrageous overcharging” for non-consensual towing of damaged heavy-duty trucks and trailers removed from crash scenes are on the rise in some states, according to a recent survey by American Trucking Associations.

California and the Trump administration are on a collision course over auto-efficiency regulations that could lead the White House to deploy the nuclear option: revoking the state’s cherished power to set its own limits on air pollution.

Dana Inc. announced its signature of definitive agreements to combine with the driveline division of United Kingdom-based GKN plc to create Dana Plc, a global driveline systems company.

U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks inched up in a normally flat month, clearing 17,000 units in February, WardsAuto.com reported.

“Big data” is essentially of no benefit to fleets if they don’t take all of the information they have on their equipment and repairs and learn from it, a maintenance director of a Canadian fleet said.

BNSF Railway Co. said March 9 it will invest about $90 million this year to maintain its freight rail network in Minnesota.