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The latest on how the Trump administration's approach to tariffs is impacting OEMs in the trucking industry. Ìý

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FMCSA has granted two more companies five-year exemptions to operate their trucks using a pulsating brake light system equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop Inc.

CEO Martin Lundstedt dropped the bombshell in the final moments of the truck and bus maker’s first quarter of 2025 earnings call, revealing an additional 200 or so jobs would be cut.

Elon Musk says he’ll be spending less time in Washington slashing government costs and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profit.

But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also cautioned that talks between the United States and China had yet to formally start.

Truck maker Peterbilt Motors Co. is relying on its flexibility as the OEM traverses a market facing increasingly uncertain conditions.

The data-driven approach has found its way into one of the more underappreciated aspects of trucking literally where the rubber meets the road: tires.

°®¶¹´«Ã½ began testing its autonomous trucks on what is expected to be the Daimler Truck subsidiary’s first driverless freight lane between Laredo and Dallas, the parent company said.

There was a time when preventive maintenance on trailers was perforned every three months. Then it stretched to four months, and now it’s at six. Connected technology is a big reason why.

The introduction of tariffs and uncertainty around potential changes to emission regulations are crimping fleet managers’ willingness to commit to equipment outlay.