YPSILANTI, Mich. — Western Star is launching a new Class 8 over-the-road model that parent company Daimler Truck North America promises will deliver on the niche brand’s reputation for dependability ...
The Class 8 truck market is sizzling hot and shows no sign of cooling off. “Class 8 net orders are at historically high levels,” says analyst Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles for ...
Coming off another pandemic-disrupted year, HDT queried major Class 8 truck builders on the key trends shaping the heavy-duty market, from the ongoing pandemic-forced kinks in the supply chain slowing ...
It was pretty clear to see, even for an auto analyst who owns an electric car. Class 8 trucks with advanced diesel technologies have been beating out electric powertrains in terms of sparing the ...
Down and out but not for long, and now they’re back. That describes truck builders and suppliers in the United States who, like much of America’s economy and society, were whacked into idleness by the ...
New data from two leading trucking industry aggregators shows Class 8 truck orders surging for a second straight month in October to more than 42,000 units. “October was the turning point for the ...
Successive rounds of diesel emissions regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency over two decades and more have had numerous cost impacts for heavy-duty trucks, including both the upfront ...