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New York state’s registration and decal fee for out-of-state trucks are “unconstitutional highway taxes,” the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association alleged in a class-action lawsuit filed with the state’s supreme court last week.

New Class 8 truck orders climbed 27.4% in September from year-ago levels to 20,100, the highest total since May, according to preliminary figures from ACT Research.

India-based Apollo Tyres Ltd. is seeking to cut its $2.5 billion offer to buy Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. after U.S. and Chinese workers challenged the takeover plan, Bloomberg News reported.

Cummins Inc. said Oct. 4 it has developed a 5-liter V8 engine designed for delivery vehicles and other light and medium trucks.

The opening days of the sad soap opera being played out on Capitol Hill apparently did little damage to the nation’s freight distribution system, according to what industry executives told our reporters last week.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Mack Trucks introduced the GuardDog Connect service package aimed at expediting vehicle repairs by improving communications among drivers, fleets and dealers.

Asset-tracking provider Orbcomm Inc. said it has acquired Comtech Mobile Data Corp.’s Satellite-Enabled Notification System.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has started accepting nominations for its award that honors truck drivers who have taken risks to help other motorists.

Class 8 truck sales declined 7.3% in August, the 12th consecutive year-over-year downturn, but were about flat from the previous month’s total, WardsAuto.com reported.

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., has approved the sale of most of Allied Systems Holdings’ operating assets to Jack Cooper Transport Co. as part of a $135 million deal that would consolidate the carhaul sector of trucking.