Category: Cab, Trailer & Body

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Visits Kodiak

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Visits Kodiak

| December 14, 2023

Visit comes as the Department of Defense looks to deepen its outreach to Silicon Valley and accelerate the acquisition of innovative technologies  Kodiak Robotics, Inc., the leading developer of self-driving technology for the defense and trucking markets, had a visit from Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks at its Mountain View, California office. During her visit, Deputy Secretary Hicks […]

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Cheema Freightlines Partners with Platform Science to Deploy Virtual Vehicle  

Cheema Freightlines Partners with Platform Science to Deploy Virtual Vehicle  

| December 13, 2023

Virtual Vehicle is First Open OEM Platform That Replaces the Need for Aftermarket Hardware Cheema Freightlines, a 17-year-old family owned-and-operated dry truckload transportation company, and Platform Science, a leading connected vehicle platform, today announced a partnership to roll out Platform Science’s Virtual VehicleTMplatform to Cheema’s fleet of more than 500 trucks servicing the Western United States.   Virtual Vehicle […]

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Auburn University approves $15 million Vehicle Innovation Laboratory to address challenges faced by transit vehicle manufacturers

Auburn University approves $15 million Vehicle Innovation Laboratory to address challenges faced by transit vehicle manufacturers

| December 12, 2023

The object is to make transit vehicles more efficient with increased levels of safety and reduced emissions The Auburn University Board of Trustees recently approved the beginning phases of a $15 million research lab for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. The Vehicle Research and Innovation Laboratory project is proposed as a testing facility to address challenges faced by transit […]

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Class 8 Truck Orders Accelerated in November at 41,700 Units

Class 8 Truck Orders Accelerated in November at 41,700 Units

| December 12, 2023

ACT Research reports preliminary NA Class 8 net orders were 41,700 units, rising by 9,000 units from both October and year-ago November November preliminary NA Class 8 net orders were 41,700 units, rising by 9,000 units from both October and year-ago November. Complete industry data for November, including final order numbers, will be published by […]

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Ryder Signs First Customers to Multi-Year Electric Vehicle Contracts

Ryder Signs First Customers to Multi-Year Electric Vehicle Contracts

| December 11, 2023

Land ‘N’ Sea Distributing and Servientrega International Inc. Secure New Electric Cargo Vans as part of RyderElectric+ Ryder System, Inc.  secures its first Ryder ChoiceLease customers under the RyderElectric+ turnkey fleet solution. Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Land ‘N’ Sea Distributing, the nation’s largest marine and recreation vehicle parts distributor, and Servientrega International Inc., a Bogota, Colombia-based parcel logistics […]

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HummingbirdEV Announces Offering of Series A Preferred Stock

HummingbirdEV Announces Offering of Series A Preferred Stock

| December 4, 2023

Provider of advanced commercial vehicle electrification systems, is opening a Series A Preferred Stock financing round for up to $15 million HummingbirdEV, a global provider of advanced commercial vehicle electrification systems, announced that it is opening a Series A Preferred Stock financing round for up to $15 million. The company has already received $6 million […]

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