Developers Take Varied Paths to Autonomous Trucking
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Autonomous trucking is branching into multiple approaches and each has a different route to commercialization.
May 12, 2022Cummins to Build Fuel Cells for Freightliner Cascadia
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Cummins Inc. will supply market leader Freightliner, a brand of Daimler Trucks North America, with a Cummins hydrogen fuel cell powertrain for the heavy-duty Cascadia model, Cummins Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger said in a surprise announcement.
May 12, 2022Class 8 Sales Flat in April Compared With 2021
U.S. Class 8 retail sales in April were flat compared with a year earlier, coming in at just over 19,000, but continued the improvement from the lows in the beginning of the year, Wards Intelligence reported.
May 12, 2022Yellow Narrows Losses, Outlines Goals
Yellow Corp. posted its best first-quarter results in six years as losses narrowed and revenue increased, the company announced May 10.
May 11, 2022VTNA Gets Orders for 90 More VNR Electric Trucks
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Volvo Trucks North America announced NFI Industries and Quality Custom Distribution, between them, placed orders for an additional 90 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 vehicles.
May 11, 2022Toyota’s Quarterly Profit Down on COVID Parts Crunch
TOKYO — Toyota’s profit declined 31% in the January-March quarter from the year before, but the Japanese automaker still wrapped up a year of record earnings.
May 11, 2022NHTSA Seeks OK to Extend Data Collection for Safety Tech Study
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to continue gathering data for its crash-avoidance field study that is seeking comments from commercial motor carrier drivers about their beliefs and attitudes toward safety technologies.
May 10, 2022Lordstown Motors Again Postpones Deadline for Foxconn Plant Deal
Electric truck startup Lordstown Motors Corp.’s shares sank as much as 19% after it pushed back a deadline to complete the sale of its Ohio assembly plant to Foxconn.
May 9, 2022Industry Leaders Raise Concern About Proposed EPA NOx Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing its first new rules governing heavy-truck nitrogen oxide emissions in two decades, but engine manufacturers say the proposals would be difficult to meet and counterproductive because they could slow the move to cleaner technology.
May 9, 2022Torc Names Penske for Maintenance on Autonomous Test Fleet
Self-driving-vehicle technology developer Torc Robotics announced Penske Truck Leasing will serve as the truck maintenance service provider for Torc’s autonomous test fleet.
May 6, 2022