Medium-Duty Truck Sales Near End of Down Year: TT Equipment

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December 18, 2025

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Medium-Duty Truck Sales Near End of Down Year

U.S. medium-duty truck sales are on track to end 2025 with only one year-over-year increase, that coming in January, according to data from Omdia Automotive. Read more…

TODAY’S NEWS

Volvo Trucks Receives Order for 185 VNLs From Koch Trucking

Volvo Trucks North America has landed a 185-unit order from Koch Trucking for the newly launched Volvo VNL 860. Read more…

Kenworth, Peterbilt Add Electronic Parking Brake Option

Bendix’s Intellipark electronic parking brake system will be made available for all Kenworth and Peterbilt Class 8 and medium-duty models, the Paccar subsidiaries said. Read more…

Wisconsin Allows Heavier Trucks Under Frozen Road Law

The law is designed to balance the needs of logging operations and winter road maintenance crews with the protection of Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructure. Read more…

How Uncertainty Defined Trucking in 2025

President Trump’s aggressive approach to trade policy, alongside other market disruptions, left trucking looking for clarity on a market recovery, investments and equipment. Read more…

Continental Names New CEO Ahead of Industrial Unit Sale

Christian Kötz will replace outgoing CEO Nikolai Setzer next month, when Continental will begin a sales process for the ContiTech business. Read more…

THIS WEEK’S CARTOON: "Hey, Is Your CDL Current?"

Europe Backs Away From Total Combustion Engine Ban

Under the new proposal, tailpipe emissions will have to be reduced by 90% by the middle of the next decade compared with the current goal of a 100% reduction. Read more…

Highway Safety Emerged as a Bright Spot in 2025

2025 was marked by a sharpened focus on highway safety as well as potential challenges for the freight industry associated with tariffs and the economy. Read more…

California Set to Suspend Tesla Sales Over Autopilot

The California Department of Motor Vehicles said Dec. 16 the suspension won’t take effect for 90 days to give Tesla time to appeal or come into compliance. Read more…

Duffy Takes Tough Stance With N.Y. on Noncompliant CDLs

“Fifty-three percent of New York’s non-domiciled [commercial driver licenses] were issued unlawfully or illegally," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says. Read more…

Ryder Outlines 2026 Succession Plan for New CEO

“I’ve had the privilege of working alongside the most talented and dedicated professionals in our industry to deliver for our employees, customers and shareholders,” CEO Robert Sanchez said. Read more…

Putting AI to Work in Trucking

Transportation providers are gaining access to a broad menu of emerging artificial intelligence capabilities, available both as bolt-on systems and embedded features in transportation management software. Read more…

Rivian Unveils AI Chip for Automated Driving, Ditches Nvidia

The automaker will equip its upcoming R2 sport utility vehicles with Rivian Autonomy Processor 1 chips and a new lidar sensor. TSMC will produce the chips. Read more…

EDITOR’S PICK

Top 50 Global Freight Companies Persevere Amid Trade Shift

The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers have been operating in a highly volatile business environment this year as tariffs and shifting trade policies have altered international freight flows. Read more…

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