Kenworth and Peterbilt continue to build out their battery-electric tractor and truck portfolios, launching three new models each Dec. 9.
December 10, 2025Fleet Equipment News
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.
States Push Unified Plan to Curb Trucking Fraud, Abuses
A group of state trucking associations has released an action plan identifying seven areas bad actors exploit in the industry with solutions to eliminate fraud and illegal operators.
December 10, 2025Enterprise Buys Hogan to Enter Heavy-Duty Truck Sector
Best known for its Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo passenger car rental and leasing brands, Enterprise already offered light- and medium-duty truck rental.
December 9, 2025First Brands Rushes to Stymie Panic as Loan Plunges to 63垄
Major First Brands investors have offloaded stakes in the bankrupt auto supplier鈥檚 debt, causing the value of its most senior loan to collapse and prompting it to pull forward a lender call.
December 9, 2025Deere Defends Prices After Trump Pushes for Cuts
The world鈥檚 biggest farm machinery maker said in a statement to Bloomberg that it 鈥渉as kept focus on supporting our customers and helping them build for the long haul.鈥澛
December 9, 2025Farmers Say Trump Aid Brings Relief but Not Recovery
鈥淭his is kind of a Band-Aid 鈥 we need more markets more than we need aid,鈥 said Missouri farmer Marty Richardson, adding that he feels like 2026 will be just as bad as this year.
December 9, 2025Nvidia Wins Approval to Sell H200 Chips to China
President Trump granted Nvidia, America鈥檚 most-valuable company, permission Dec. 9 to export its high-end H200 chip to China, watering down years of U.S. national security safeguards.
December 9, 2025Trump Urges Tractor Makers to Cut Costs as Farmers Aided
President Trump pressured farm equipment manufacturers to drop prices for tractors, his latest efforts to address Americans鈥 concerns about shaky economic conditions.
December 8, 2025Trump Unveils $12 Billion Aid for Farmers
The aid comes amid rising frustration among farmers on the slow pace of Chinese purchases, which Beijing clamped down on earlier this year in retaliation for Trump鈥檚 tariff barrage.聽
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