Mark DiMaria | DCI Solution

Class 8 Orders Subdued Due to Backlog, Component Shortages

North American Class 8 orders in April fell about 28% month-over-month to between 15,400 and 15,800 units, FTR and ACT Research reported. This is the largest month-over-month change in 2022 with April’s total of 5,900 units less than the average of 21,300 for the...

Kenworth Adds Cummins B6.7N Natural Gas Engine to Medium-Duty Line

Kenworth now offers the Cummins B6.7N natural gas engine for new Kenworth T180, T280, and T380 trucks designated for operation in the United States. The Cummins B6.7N is a 100% natural gas engine featuring spark-ignited combustion with cooled EGR and a...

Solo Gets Funding for Ground-Up Driverless Truck Platform for Autonomous Driving

Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies, a vehicle hardware company, announced $7 million in seed funding to build what it said will be the first ground-up heavy truck platform to be compatible with any autonomous driving software — and it’s electric, too....

Morgan Shows Off New Concept Parcel Van, EV Body Concepts at Work Truck Week

Morgan Truck Body showed off three new truck bodies at Work Truck Week 2022, March 8-11 in Indianapolis, including a full-height walkthrough compact parcel van body, a dry freight cargo body, and a refrigerated concept body, targeting the growth of electric vehicles....

Class 8 Orders Recover in December 2021

North American Class 8 net orders in December 2021 recovered to between 22,800 and 23,100 units, ACT Research and FTR reported, respectively. The December total orders were back in the same range as September and October, following the previous trend of orders being...