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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

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Boxwheel Trailer Leasing Secures Equipment Financing

Recently formed Boxwheel Trailer Leasing announced it has received a significant capital investment from Crosstimbers Capital Group.

April 30, 2018
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HDA Truck Pride Adds Turbo Solutions to Network

HDA Truck Pride announced Turbo Solutions has joined its distribution network as a provider of remanufactured turbochargers.

April 30, 2018
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LG Acquires ZKW in Its Largest Takeover; Focus Shifts to Lighting Self-Driving Cars

South Korean electronics group LG aims to become the world leader in lighting self-driving cars, by taking over Austrian car lights specialist ZKW for an estimated $1.3 billion, LG announced April 26.

April 26, 2018
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Ford Retreats From American Car Business to Focus on Trucks, Commercial Vehicles

Ford Motor Co. is cleaving an additional $11.5 billion from spending plans and dropping several sedans, including the Fusion and Taurus, from its lineup to more quickly reach an elusive profit target.

April 26, 2018
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Tesla Autopilot Chief Jim Keller Latest Executive to Leave Company

Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot chief, Jim Keller, has left the company, the latest in a rash of executive departures at the electric-car maker led by CEO Elon Musk.

April 26, 2018
BusinessEquipment

Prices Rise 3% in March as Used-Truck Volumes Remain Strong

The average Class 8 truck sold in March underscored that more mileage on a younger truck need not be a detriment to a higher sales price — as the overall volume stayed in the mid-20,000 range.

April 26, 2018
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Will Wabtec Acquire GE Transportation?

A flurry of reports over the past few days speculate that GE Transportation will be sold to a longtime supplier, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp., which does business as Wabtec Corp.

April 25, 2018
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Jaguar CEO Ralf Speth Says Nobody Can Go It Alone in Autonomous Driving

Jaguar Land Rover, which is teaming with Waymo to develop autonomous vehicles, is testing the technology predominantly in the United Kingdom and sharpening efforts to make the roads safer with such cars, CEO Ralf Speth said.

April 25, 2018
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China’s Uber for Trucks Is Said to Raise $1.9 Billion in Funding

Full Truck Alliance Group, China’s biggest app for Uber-like truck services, raised $1.9 billion in funding to fuel its expansion, sources familiar with the matter said.

April 25, 2018
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Orders Rise, but Market Share Falls for Mack Trucks in First Quarter

Everybody knows about the up-and-down, cyclical nature of the heavy-duty truck market. But as Mack Trucks proved in the first quarter, sometimes you can be up — and down — at the same time.

April 25, 2018