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U.S. Class 8 retail sales in February were 0.6% lower compared with a year earlier, coming in at 15,369, WardsAuto .com reported.

Trucks moved more swiftly last year through sections of road that historically are choked with congestion, as the coronavirus pandemic kept vehicles off the road and freed up highways for easier movement of freight, the American Transportation Research Institute said.

January truck tonnage fell 2.1% compared with year-ago levels, but ticked up 1.4% over December 2020 — a continuation of several months’ worth of sequential gains, American Trucking Associations announced.

Daimler Truck AG announced it appointed John O’Leary as the next president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, the leading truck maker in North America, effective April 1.

Class 8 U.S. retail sales in January improved 7.7% compared with a year earlier, reaching 16,844 compared with 15,645 in 2020, WardsAuto .com reported.

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will step down as the online giant’s CEO but will stay on as executive chairman, the company announced Feb. 2.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has a new leader in Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 presidential candidate and the former mayor of South Bend, Ind.

Navistar Inc. announced it intends to produce a zero-emission longhaul truck using fuel cell systems supplied by General Motors and will have an International RH Series FCEV model commercially available in 2024.

FedEx Corp. has announced that Lance Moll will be the next president of FedEx Freight. He replaces John A. Smith, who will take over FedEx Ground upon the July retirement of current president Henry Maier.

TFI International Inc. is acquiring UPS Freight in an $800 million deal announced Jan. 25.