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Daimler Trucks Chief Daum: Trade War Will Have No Winners

Daimler's Martin Daum talks about the soaring truck market and the threat of a growing trade war this week’s IAA Commercial Vehicles Show.

Equipment

Bosch’s Electric Trailer Axle Saves Fuel, Cuts Diesel Emissions

September 20

As the trucking industry focuses on alternative energy for...

Autonomous Vehicles

ZF Stuffs Its Tech Into Fully Autonomous Delivery Van

ZF's CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider at the IAA 2018

September 20

Automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen aims to improve...

Electric Vehicles

New Flyer and ZF Building 100 Electric Buses for U.S.

September 19

Bus manufacturer New Flyer of America will build 100 buses...

Electric Vehicles

With Proterra Investment, Daimler Pushes Electric Bus Development

September 19

Daimler Trucks bets heavily on electric bus development by...

New Trucks

Audi’s E-Tron Electric Crossover Will Challenge Tesla’s Dominanc...

September 19

Audi’s new E-Tron electric crossover is a viable Tesla...

New Trucks

Mercedes-Benz’s New Actros Truck Flaunts Autonomous Technology

September 18

Foreshadowing improvements expected in the new...

Drayage trucks line up for an electronic registration check at the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles.

Financial

Ports of L.A., Long Beach are Ground Zero for U.S. Clean Truck Testing

September 18|Financial

The ports of L.A. and Long Beach compete for business but cooperate on clean air programs and are global leaders in clean truck...

Electric Vehicles

Toyota, Kenworth and Shell Partner on Port of L.A. Fuel-Cell Project

September 17|Electric Vehicles

he Shore to Store Project will put 10 new zero-emission fuel-cell-electric Class 8 trucks on the road to move cargo between the L.A. port and destinations....

Worker assembles Volkswagen sedan at company's Chattanooga, Tenn., factory. (Photo: Volkswagen)

Financial

Environmental Programs, Green Vehicles Get $2.7 Billion of VW Diesel Money

September 17|Financial

A $2.7 billion environmental mitigation fund is cleaning up the damage from Volkswagen’s excessive diesel emissions scandal....

Financial

Small Trucking Fleets Grow as Bigger Firms Struggle to Find Drivers

September 14|Financial

The much-publicized driver shortage affects mostly big trucking fleets as growing number of owner-operators pick their routes aided by load-pricing...

Latest Truck Recalls

GM Recalls 1 Million Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac Trucks and SUVs

September 14|Latest Truck Recalls

GM recalled 1 million Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac trucks and SUVs to repair an electric power steering module that can fail....

Autonomous Vehicles

Meet Vera, Volvo Trucks’ Electric, Autonomous Truck Concept

September 13|Autonomous Vehicles

Volvo Trucks unveiled an electric autonomous truck concept designed to be the heart of a connected system for hauling big loads over short...