Category: Cab, Trailer & Body

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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Half of all medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses sold in 2035 to be electric

Half of all medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses sold in 2035 to be electric

| December 4, 2023

According to the latest research by global market intelligence firm, Interact Analysis, battery electric vehicle powertrains will become the favored powertrain for commercial vehicles by 2035 Battery electric is expected to replace ICE as the leading powertrain type for commercial vehicles by 2035, according to global market intelligence firm, Interact Analysis. It is expected that […]

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