U.S. retail sales in May for Classes 4-7 improved 36% compared with a year earlier, as all but the heaviest class showed strong gains, WardsAuto .com reported.

U.S. trailer order volume was the lowest of the year but well above last year’s comparable results that were depressed by the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in May cleared 18,000 and trounced year-earlier levels that had plunged amid the pandemic, WardsAuto .com reported.

Some 49% of all Classes 3-8 commercial vehicles, or nearly 5.5 million trucks, are using advanced diesel engine technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study.

Navistar International Corp., the parent company of International brand trucks, reported a surge in net income and increased revenue for its fiscal second quarter as truck orders rose and it increased production.

The national average price for a gallon of diesel rose 1.9 cents to $3.274, the Energy Information Administration reported.

Volvo Trucks North America announced members of the United Auto Workers union at its New River Valley assembly operations in Dublin, Va., have resumed a labor strike following their rejection of a second tentative labor agreement.

In the months since taking the CEO reins at Daimler Trucks North America, John O’Leary has watched the trucking industry deliver a response he described as “remarkable” to the unprecedented disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes emerging opportunities and lessons learned position the industry for recovery and growth.

Class 8 preliminary orders for May fell to the lowest point since August, settling just below 23,000 as the industry paused amid little chance to join this year’s orders backlog, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ initial data.

Tier One supplier Dana Inc. invested more than $400 million over the past three years to get its electrification product portfolio in shape as it aims for a revenue target of $500 million from that by 2023.