Medium-Duty Truck Sales Hit 14th Month Below Prior Year: TT Equipment

April 16, 2026

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Medium-Duty Truck Sales Hit 14th Month Below Prior Year

Classes 4-7 retail truck sales for the month decreased 14.7% to 17,019 from the 19,942 units during the prior-year period, Omdia Automotive reported. Read more...

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Class 8 Truck Output in Mexico Falls in March

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. Read more...

Caterpillar Buys Autonomous Electric Tractor Firm Monarch

Caterpillar has acquired self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, according to people familiar with the matter. Read more...

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Autel CV Diagnostics: Broad Coverage. Real Capability. Proven Value.

From a handheld triage tool in the cab to full 3-in-1 diagnostic platforms, Autel’s CV lineup is built to perform wherever technicians work. There’s no single profile for today’s heavy-duty technician. One works in a fleet maintenance facility managing dozens of Class 8 trucks. Another runs an independent shop handling everything from highway tractors to medium-duty vans. A third is an owner-operator doing his own inspections and trying to clear a trailer ABS code before the next run. Read more...

Trucker Path, Truckstop Expand Freight Access Via Partnership

Trucker Path expanded the loads available in its mobile app platform by partnering with freight technology platform Truckstop, the companies announced April 14. Read more...

FMCSA Recertifies North Dakota for Non-Domiciled CDLs, CLPs

North Dakota has resumed issuing non-domiciled CDLs after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration lifted a halt imposed on 24 noncompliant states. Read more...

Echo Opens Sacramento Site to Grow Refrigerated LTL Network

Echo Global Logistics expanded its consolidated refrigerated less-than-truckload service with a new facility in Sacramento, Calif., the company said April 14. Read more...

International Motors Q1 Sales Fall 21% Year Over Year

“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. Read more...

EV Truck Startup Slate, Backed by Bezos, Raises $650 Million

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. Read more...

Mack Adds Digital Upgrades for Class 8, MD Series Lineup

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

International to Offer Samsara Device Installation at Plants

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

PREMIUM How Fleets Make Safety Stick Beyond Annual Training

At a time when margins are tight and operating costs continue to climb, preventing and managing driver injuries has become a core business priority. Read more...

DTNA Q1 Sales Decline 24.5% Year Over Year

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

Geely Unveils AI-Powered Tech to Take on Toyota

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. Read more...

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