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Truck Talk: Tuning up the volume edition Great musical acts, chippy supply chains and magic school buses 0 287 4 minutes read This week, we talk with retiring Daimler Trucks North America CEO Roger Nielsen about hosting a generation of big name music acts; follow electric school buses in Maryland and LA; and check in on the semiconductor chip shortage. You can subscribe to Truck Talk and other FreightWaves newsletters here. Listen to the music Outgoing Daimler Truck North America CEO Roger Nielsen offered thoughts on a range of industry issues as he prepares to retire in April after 35 yea...

The Models 567 and 520 include an updated VMUX electrical system, which enhances functionality with different body types.

Share: Meritor Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) will begin producing a fully integrated all-electric powertrain for heavy-duty trucks, freeing up space for additional batteries while cutting up to 800 pounds from the weight of a conventional chassis. "We're not just bolting that onto our axle. We're integrating it, and that saves space and it saves weight," said John Bennett, Meritor vice president and chief technology officer. "To do that effectively and reliably is no small task." Bennett claims the Blue Horizon 14Xe offers "the most advanced electric powertrain for medium and heavy commercial vehicles th...

Watch Peterbilt Model 579EV Conquer Pikes Peak ++ It's the first battery electric Class 8 truck that reached the summit of Pikes Peak. Peterbilt Model 579EV is a new, all-electric Class 8 truck that this year will enter the U.S. market. Orders were accepted starting in November 2020 and production should start by Q2 2021. Here we can take a look at the Model 579EV at the famous hillclimb Pikes Peak route in Colorado, where PACCAR's Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks were tested in late 2020. According to Peterbilt, Model 579EV is the first Class 8 batt...

BlueGrace Logistics developed a proprietary carrier relationship management system for account reps to quickly match loads. Most freight analysts expect the recovery that began in the latter half of 2020 will continue through the first half of 2021, and possibly last all year. Forecasting firm FTR predicts contract and spot rates will increase by 10% this year. Similarly, data analysis leads Michigan State University Associate Professor of Logistics Jason Miller to say truckload contract prices in 2021 will rise by 8% relative to early 2020 levels. Despite favorable conditions for business gr...