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Class 8 vehicle orders head north

COLUMBUS, Ind. – Preliminary numbers from ACT Research reveal that Class 8 vehicle orders for the month of November was 16,600 units, plummeting nearly 60% compared to a year ago. Overall, a total of 35,300 Class 5-8 vehicles were booked…

Truck Protests Signal New Kind of Social Activism

“I think I will set my car on fire soon. The tax will take us all down. I get 112 rubles a month in social payments for my kid – how am I supposed to raise him on that?” says Rasul, a truck driver from Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.

Volvo Trucks to Lay Off 734 Employees at Virginia Plant

On Dec. 1, Volvo Trucks announced to its employees that it will be laying off 734 people in February at the company’s New River Valley assembly plant in Virginia. The layoffs will take place over a three-week period in February as the company reduces p…

New Highway Bill Scores High Marks

The reaction so far of industry stakeholder groups to the highway bill compromise rolled out by Congress on Dec 1 — and soon headed for final up-or-down votes by the House and Senate– is mixed, but decidedly more positive than negative. “While we all…

Shell and TA Open Central California LNG Station

Shell has expanded its LNG truck fueling with the opening of new LNG lanes at a TravelCenters of America fueling station in Santa Nella, Calif. The new location is the second Shell LNG station in the state and is part of an expansion of the company’s a…

Volvo Trucks names its Canadian Dealer of the Year

LANGLEY, B.C. – Volvo Trucks has named Pacific Coast Heavy Truck Group of Langley, B.C. its 2015 Canadian Dealer of the Year. Volvo Trucks also handed out Dealer of the Year honours to Michigan’s M&K Truck Centers for North American…