Medium-Duty News Updates

Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Harbinger Introduces Electric-Gas Hybrid Model

The new model is a battery-electric vehicle equipped with a gasoline-powered range extender that charges the battery when needed, enabling a range of up to 500 miles between charges.

April 29, 2025
Business, Equipment

March Medium-Duty Truck Sales Dip 0.1% Year Over Year

Medium-duty truck sales also increased 26% sequentially from the 15,824 units reported in February. But notably, the results were dragged down by a lack of activity in Class 4.

April 15, 2025
Business, Equipment

October Medium-Duty Sales Increase 5.5% From 2023

Classes 4-7 total retail truck sales for the month increased 5.5% to 20,484 units from 19,419 a year ago. Sales also increased 11.8% sequentially from the 18,316 reported in September.

November 20, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Peterbilt Provides Vocational, Medium-Duty Product Updates

The truck maker detailed recent updates to its vocational and medium-duty truck models Oct. 1 at its Vocational VIP Customer event.

October 3, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment

March Medium-Duty Sales Post 5.6% Decline

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks fell 5.6% in March compared with the year-ago period, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

April 18, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment

January Classes 4-7 Retail Sales Surpass Year-Ago Period

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks experienced a 3.8% increase year-over-year in January, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

February 15, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment

September Medium-Duty Sales Flat at Almost 20,000

U.S. retail sales of Classes 4-7 medium-duty commercial vehicles in September revealed a largely flat market compared with a year earlier, WardsAuto.com reported.

October 13, 2021
Business, Equipment

Medium-Duty Sales Strong in January

Sales of medium-duty trucks had a strong start in 2019, climbing above 18,000 units in January, WardsAuto.com reported.

February 13, 2019
Business, Equipment

Medium-Duty Sales in November Point to Ongoing Strength

Sales of medium-duty trucks in November barely budged from a year earlier, rising just 1.4% and boosted primarily by a modest gain in the lighter classes, WardsAuto.com reported.

December 18, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment

Medium-Duty Sales Increase in October

U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks increased 11.1% to 20,631 in October, with double-digit gains coming in most weight classes, WardsAuto.com reported.

November 14, 2018