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Ford's top executive says allowing Chinese automakers to sell their cars in the U.S. would be “devastating” to American manufacturing.

Truck and bus manufacturers built 12,617 heavy-duty vehicles in Mexico in March, a 6.6% decrease compared with 13,512 vehicles in the same period a year earlier.

Buyers find themselves facing sticker shock at the same time they are already frustrated by the lingering effects of high inflation.

“Although the U.S. market has recently shown encouraging signs of an upturn in customer demand, this has not yet had an impact on unit sales,” Traton said.

The i-HEV technology combines intelligent driving functions, the cockpit and the chassis into a “single centralized brain,” and uses AI to optimize energy management.

International Motors truck and bus customers now can install Samsara devices at the assembly plant ahead of delivery, the telematics vendor said April 9.

Mack Trucks released a series of digital developments to boost fleets’ operational efficiency, including for the Pioneer and Anthem Class 8 on-highway models.

Slate wants to tap consumer demand for more affordable vehicles with a stripped-down, two-seater pickup that can go 150 or 240 miles on a single charge. 

The challenges risk affecting a wider swath of the industry as the Trump administration weighs how to create a more formal approach for chip export control.

The North American figures dragged down the worldwide total for parent company Daimler Truck even as European sales increased, the company said.