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Executives at two of North America’s largest truck makers say questions over the impact of potential tariffs is muddying an already opaque outlook for U.S. Class 8 truck sales.

Accuride’s U.S. and Canadian businesses filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October with liabilities of between $500 million and $1 billion.

The company, a subsidiary of ZO Motors, plans to manufacture zero-emission commercial vehicles at the new 210,000-square-foot plant, starting in the first half of 2025.

The impact of a three-year freight recession and consistently rising costs is providing both opportunity and challenge for truck parts remanufacturers in the dubbed “reman” market.

Truck makers are becoming more optimistic about the prospects for 2025 Class 8 purchases.

The U.S. doesn’t have a standard testing protocol for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), but dialogue between charging equipment providers and OEMs has to happen.

Class 8 truck production and sales increased in 2022 and won’t fall off a cliff in 2023, industry experts said, but 2023 still promises some uncertainty, of course.

No one asked for these challenges: not the truck buyers staring at a rising tide of freight demand, and not truck makers delivering as many new heavy-duty trucks as they can to customers, but still way too few.

Some major equipment manufacturers said they are rethinking their operations and taking new steps to confront volatility in the supply chain.