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Volvo Trucks, UAW agree on five-year pact
Apr 5, 2011

Volvo Trucks North America announced that employees represented by the United Auto Workers have ratified a new five-year agreement covering about 1,300 members of UAW Local #2069 at the New River Valley VA, plant. The contract took effect March 17, 2011, and will expire March 16, 2016....

Volvo Trucks to sell heavy hybrid vehicles
Apr 5, 2011

As part of the Volvo Group’s focus on hybrid vehicles, Volvo Trucks is now commencing sales of heavy hybrid trucks, under the name Volvo FE Hybrid, to selected European markets. The hybrid trucks permit fuel savings of up to 30% and will be used primarily in distribution and refuse operations in an urban environment....

North American Class 8 Order Backlog Nears 100,000 Units
Mar 28, 2011

Class 8 commercial vehicles net orders for North American markets totaled 24,300 units (not seasonally adjusted) in February 2011, down from January, but sufficiently higher than production to push the Class 8 heavy-duty backlog volume to just under 100,000 units....

Class 8 vehicle orders affirm market vitality
Mar 22, 2011

undamentals that support heavy-duty commercial vehicle demand continue to signal the start of an upcycle for the market, according to ACT Research Co. Net orders for Class 8 vehicles continued to surge in January 2011, and despite a modest falloff, commercial trailer orders remained strong. Continued strong demand for equipment indicates trucking fleets are ramping up replacement of vehicles, which has largely been deferred the past two years. ...

Preliminary Class 8 net orders stay strong
Mar 16, 2011

A preliminary reading of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicle net orders for North American markets totaled 24,300 units in February 2011, according to ACT Research Co. ...

SETA reintroduction would let states
raise Interstate weight limits for trucks
Mar 7, 2011

The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of more than 180 shippers and associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on Interstate highways, announced that federal truck weight reform known as the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA) has been reintroduced in the US House of Representatives by Reps Mike Michaud (D-ME) and Jean Schmidt (R-OH) as HR 763. ...

January’s preliminary Class 8 orders rise
Feb 22, 2011

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing January 2011’s Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 27,009 units, a modest 1% increase over strong December 2010 activity. ...

Preliminary Class 8 orders up in January
Feb 22, 2011

A preliminary reading of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles net orders for North American markets rose to 27,300 units in January 2011, according to ACT Research Co. The January order volume represents an increase of 320% compared with January 2010. Preliminary net order numbers are subject to revision and are typically accurate to within 5% plus or minus. ...

Ryder expands, refreshes
its fleet of rental vehicles
Feb 16, 2011

Ryder System Inc (NYSE: R) is expanding and enhancing its North American rental fleet with 6,700 new trucks, tractors, trailers, and vans to meet accelerating demand as the economy continues to rebound....

Used Class 8 vehicle sales rebound 21%
Feb 14, 2011

The unit volume of sales of used heavy-duty (Class 8) commercial vehicles increased 21% in December 2010 on a month-over-month basis, according to ACT Research Co...

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