Category: Cab, Trailer & Body

Class 8 Truck Orders at 15,500 Units in May, up 10% Y/Y

Class 8 Truck Orders at 15,500 Units in May, up 10% Y/Y

| June 4, 2023

ACT Research reports  “The relatively few build slots still free in 2H’23 suggest order intake is unlikely to find meaningful traction in the coming months.” Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders bounced back in May with 15,500 units, up 10% y/y (+29% m/m), while preliminary Classes 5-7 surged 27% y/y with 19,000 units (+3% m/m). […]

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RXO Expands Carrier Rewards Program to Include Services from Simplex Group

RXO Expands Carrier Rewards Program to Include Services from Simplex Group

| June 2, 2023

Simplex Group is a leading provider of DOT safety compliance, permitting and taxes, commercial trucking insurance and ELD services RXO announced a partnership with Simplex Group, a leader in compliance, permitting and tax reporting for the trucking industry, to provide essential services to carriers. Simplex services will be housed in the RXO Extra™ marketplace, a […]

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Toyota, Daimler deal to advance autonomous truck technologies in Japan

Toyota, Daimler deal to advance autonomous truck technologies in Japan

| June 2, 2023

Varshini Shetty, Automotive Analyst at GlobalData, offers her view “To accelerate the development and manufacture of CASE (Connected / Autonomous & Automated / Shared / Electric) technology and hydrogen vehicles, many businesses are forming alliances with other automakers, start-ups, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Aligning with this trend is the deal between Toyota subsidiary Hino […]

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The Mack® MD Electric Model is Now Eligible for the California HVIP Program

The Mack® MD Electric Model is Now Eligible for the California HVIP Program

| June 2, 2023

HVIP can help accelerate the commercialization of zero-emission trucks by offering point-of-sale vouchers to increase the affordability of advanced technologies Mack Trucks announced that the recently introduced Mack® MD Electric model is approved to be a part of California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). HVIP can help accelerate the commercialization […]

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Shell Rotella® SuperRigs® is Riding into Wyoming

Shell Rotella® SuperRigs® is Riding into Wyoming

| May 31, 2023

Truck Beauty Competition to be held June 8-10 at CAM-PLEX in Gillette, WY Shell Rotella® SuperRigs® will be riding into Wyoming from June 8-10 at CAM-PLEX (off of Interstate 90) in Gillette with the theme of Big Rigs, Big Competition, Big Country. Truck drivers throughout North America will have the chance to enter the annual […]

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PERRONE ROBOTICS UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING FUSION OF GPT AI AND MAX ROBOTICS OPERATING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

PERRONE ROBOTICS UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING FUSION OF GPT AI AND MAX ROBOTICS OPERATING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

| May 31, 2023

Revolutionary New GPT AI Integration Produces Unprecedented Acceleration of Verifiable Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Maneuvers and Behaviors Perrone Robotics, Inc. autonomous vehicle (AV) kit and turnkey AV solutions provider, is proud to announce a major breakthrough in the field of autonomous mobility with the integration of General Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) AI technology into its General Purpose […]

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