NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Expectations of improvements in comfort, safety and convenience underpin truck cab design, but a surge in digital information also must be accommodated in a driver’s home away from home, experts said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Wabash National Corp. displayed a prototype refrigerated trailer made with molded composite structural foam and carbon elements that is significantly lighter and more thermally efficient — compared with the standard industry versions — plus has a stronger floor that expands the kinds of loads that can be hauled.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Meritor Inc. said it has a range of products in its development pipeline destined for various areas of the globe and that these products are mostly aimed at the off-highway or specialty segments.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ritchie Bros., a leading industrial auctioneer, put up more than 10,000 pieces of equipment for bid here, including hundreds of heavy- and medium-duty trucks.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Eaton Corp. has focused on a future for power management in commercial vehicles built around 48-volt power.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Ritchie Bros. auction here Feb. 20-24 is scheduled to be the company’s biggest of the year, putting up for bid 10,092 pieces of industrial-based equipment arrayed side-by-side across more than 200 acres and including hundreds of Class 8 and medium-duty trucks, company executives said.

Meritor Inc. and UQM Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to develop an integrated electric axle that would replace or downsize internal combustion engines on some electric commercial vehicles.

Equipment manufacturers and diversified suppliers reported mostly stronger fourth-quarter results.