Production of Class 8 trucks and to a greater degree of medium-duty trucks is at risk as the demand for computer chips exceeds supply in a widening environment of supply chain disruptions.

Bosch Research announced that recent accident data it studied pointed to significant potential reductions in injuries and deaths, and to the cost savings that could result from equipping Classes 7-8 vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems focused on a truck’s position in a lane.

It was crucial for commercial vehicle suppliers to be identified as essential while they tried to find their way through COVID-19 when it first spread a year ago and deepened afterward, an executive with a leading supplier trade group said.

Hino Trucks announced it intends to produce model year 2022 Classes 6-8 trucks for the United States and Canada equipped exclusively with diesel engines from Cummins Inc.

Classes 4-7 sales dipped 1% in February to 17,580 compared with a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported.

U.S. trailer orders in February reached 24,200, an increase of 82% from a year earlier, ACT Research reported.

Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc. unveiled what it called major changes intended to enhance its 2022 interim model year N-Series diesel trucks.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it finalized a joint venture with BP Products North America Inc., a subsidiary of BP, to develop, own and operate new renewable natural gas projects at dairies and other agriculture facilities.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in February were 0.6% lower compared with a year earlier, coming in at 15,369, WardsAuto .com reported.

Commercial Vehicle Group reported a narrower net loss in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier and higher revenue, including record revenue in its electrical systems segment.