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Volvo鈥檚 VNR Electric Reaches 20 Million Customer Miles

Volvo Trucks North America鈥檚 VNR Electric model has reached 20 million miles of on-the-road customer operations, the OEM said at MCE 2025.

October 26, 2025
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Clean Truck Tech, Video Safety and More on Display at MCE

Heavy-duty trucks powered by renewable natural gas and hydrogen, as well as the latest video-based safety systems, were among the commercial vehicle technologies showcased聽at MCE 2025.

October 26, 2025
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Ten Cool Patent Boosts Reefer Fleet Efficiency

A new trailer design from Ten Cool is reshaping refrigerated logistics by driving measurable efficiency gains and stronger temperature control across food and dairy fleets in North America.

October 25, 2025
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Perspective: Trucking鈥檚 Strength Comes From Its Unity

Americans depend on trucking, but for the third straight year, tonnage is stuck in neutral, and to continue to weather this slump, we must stick together, writes ATA President Chris Spear.

October 25, 2025
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Canada Begins Antidumping Probe of Chinese Truck Body Imports

Canada is launching an antidumping investigation into truck body imports from China just as Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to ease trade tensions with the east Asian country.聽

October 24, 2025
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Future of SuperTruck Program in Doubt After Funding Pullback

The Department of Energy recently terminated $7.5 billion in grants for 223 projects that had been approved by the Biden administration.

October 24, 2025
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OEMs Move Forward With Truck Tariffs Ahead

Paccar expects to seize a bigger U.S. heavy-duty truck market share once the Section 232 import tariffs on medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts go live Nov. 1.

October 24, 2025
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DSV Seeks Buyer for USA Truck After DB Schenker Deal

USA Truck鈥檚 business model does not fit DSV鈥檚 vision for asset-light North American on-road operations, the company said in a report accompanying the most recent quarter鈥檚 results.

October 24, 2025
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GM Cuts More Than 200 Salaried Workers to Push Profits

Tariffs have added costs that automakers mostly have not offset with higher prices, and they are reining in investments for EVs that are selling slowly as the government eliminates incentives.

October 24, 2025
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Bridgestone Taps New CEO With Mandate to Revive Growth

Morita, 52, will take over as CEO on Jan. 1. He鈥檚 currently the company鈥檚 chief strategy officer and has been with Bridgestone for almost three decades.

October 24, 2025