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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices. 

Business, Equipment, Private

United Rentals Q4 Profit Rises 6.3% on Broad Demand Strength

United Rentals reported net profit of $679 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, a 6.3% year-over-year increase compared with $639 million in the year-ago period.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment

Volvo Shares Fall After Outlining Truck Production Cuts

Volvo AB declined after saying it will gradually reduce production in line with normalizing demand after years of supply chain disruptions that left manufacturers with record order banks.

Rafaela Lindeberg | Bloomberg News
January 26, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment

Xos Class 8 Tractor Start of Production Remains on Schedule

Xos’ plans for manufacturing a Class 8 tractor remain on schedule even as the electric truck maker sought to bolster its finances earlier in January, CEO Dakota Semler told Transport Topics.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Business, Equipment

Maintenance Costs Rise in Q3, Report Finds

Parts and labor costs in the trucking industry rose 1.9% in the third quarter of 2023 according to a report by American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council and Decisiv.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
January 25, 2024
Business, Equipment

Update: Volvo Unveils Redesigned Class 8 VNL Tractor

Volvo Trucks North America has battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell and renewable fuel internal combustion engine versions on the horizon. 

January 25, 2024
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Private

Hyzon Sends Four Hydrogen FCEV Trucks to PFG in California

Hyzon delivered four trucks to Performance Food Group’s Vistar facility in Fontana, Calif., the first deliveries of the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle to its largest U.S. customer.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 25, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Auto Dealers Campaign for Biden to Halt Tailpipe Emissions Rules

DETROIT — More than 4,700 auto dealerships across the U.S. urged President Joe Biden in a letter Jan. 25 to halt the EPA's efforts to enforce stricter vehicle-pollution standards.

Alexa St. John | Associated Press
January 25, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Daimler Truck to Explore Abu Dhabi’s Green Hydrogen Supply

Daimler Truck AG and Abu Dhabi agreed to explore the Gulf state’s supply of green hydrogen to power future fuel cell rigs in Europe.

Wilfried Eckl-Dorna | Bloomberg News
January 25, 2024
Business, Equipment

Paccar Delivers 54% Jump in Q4 Profit, Record Revenues

Truck maker Paccar saw profits jump 54% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2023 on the back of record revenues and a double-digit jump in U.S. and Canadian truck deliveries.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 23, 2024
Business, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous

Volvo Unveils Redesigned Flagship Class 8 VNL Tractor

Volvo Trucks North America launched a revamp of its flagship over-the-road Class 8 VNL tractor Jan. 23, the first major overhaul since a 2017 redesign.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
January 23, 2024