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Safe and Reliable Battery Systems for Electric Trucks

BYD electric trucks are hard at work across North America, moving freight at ports and railyards, making deliveries, and collecting refuse. BYD trucks are environmentally friendly with zero harmful emissions while also providing the reliability and performance you need. Our truck鈥檚 safe and reliable battery technology improve your bottom line with lower fuel and maintenance costs.聽

March 1, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

January Class 8 Retail Prices for Used Trucks Soar to New High

January鈥檚 average retail sales price for a used Class 8 truck burst past $88,000 to set a new monthly record and post an 83.2% gain compared with a year earlier, ACT Research reported.

March 1, 2022
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Lucid Sinks After Cutting Production Goal on Commodity Woes

Lucid Group Inc. slumped after lowering its production target for this year to between 12,000 and 14,000 cars, down from a previous goal of 20,000, citing 鈥渆xtraordinary鈥 challenges with logistics and its supply chain.

March 1, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Toyota to Resume Japan Production After Supplier Cyberattack

Toyota Motor Corp. will resume work at all its Japanese factories March 2 after a one-day shutdown, limiting the fallout from a cyberattack on one if its key suppliers.

March 1, 2022
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Class 8 Truck Makers, Buyers Struggle to Get in Sync on Orders

No one asked for these challenges: not the truck buyers staring at a rising tide of freight demand, and not truck makers delivering as many new heavy-duty trucks as they can to customers, but still way too few.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Blacklisted Chinese Chipmaker Seeks Vindication in US Trial

A Chinese chipmaker blacklisted by Washington as a technology thief more than three years ago is getting a chance to prove it was wrongly accused.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Toyota Idles All Japan Plants Due to Supplier System Outage

Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend output at all of its Japan factories on March 1 following disruptions to a supplier鈥檚 systems, marking another setback for the world鈥檚 top auto producer.

February 28, 2022
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Georgia鈥檚 Port of Savannah Has Big Expansion Plans

Already the second-busiest port on the Atlantic coast, Georgia鈥檚 Port of Savannah has big expansion plans.

February 28, 2022
BusinessEquipment

Stoops Freightliner-Quality Trailer Expands in Michigan

Stoops Freightliner鈥換uality Trailer reached an agreement to acquire TNT Trailer Sales, a full-service semi-trailer dealership located in suburban Detroit.

February 25, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Navistar, MAN Executives Switch Posts Under Traton

G枚ran Nyberg, executive member for sales and customer solutions at MAN Truck & Bus SE, will join Navistar as executive vice president of commercial operations March 1.

February 25, 2022

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