Trailer manufacturers are “eating backlog” now that market demand has normalized and supply chain disruptions have abated after the pandemic. But some components are still in short supply.

Production of trailers in the United States is set to decline for five consecutive quarters before increasing in the final three months of 2024, according to one expert.

The Biden administration is making up to $12 billion available for automakers to retrofit their facilities to make electric vehicles and hybrids.

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc., a division of Oshkosh Corp., is investing $25 million to grow its business in Tennessee. 

U.S. factory activity contracted for a sixth-straight month in April, the longest such stretch since 2009 and a sign of lingering malaise in manufacturing.

U.S. business activity unexpectedly climbed this month to nearly a one-year high, bolstered by stronger services and manufacturing that threatens to reignite inflationary pressures.

Electric vehicle production in North America is finally creeping up on EV demand, as automakers like Volkswagen, Ford, Lucid and Rivian hustle to close the output gap with front-runner Tesla.

A gauge of manufacturing improved for the first time in six months, though activity remained in contraction territory amid fragile demand and growing inflationary pressures.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Feb. 27 hailed the massive Panasonic battery plant planned for De Soto, Kan., as part of a wave of industrial production centered on electric vehicles that is spurring an “American renaissance” in manufacturing.

Ford Motor Co. is extending the shutdown of its F-150 Lightning pickup plant for a fourth week as it works to resolve a problem that caused a battery fire in one of the electric trucks.