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Truck maker Paccar Inc.’s parts business is booming as higher average fleet age and truck utilization rates are prompting rising parts sales industrywide.

Self-driving trucks soon will make deliveries to Walmart Inc.’s Sam’s Club stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, marking a significant expansion of autonomous vehicles operating in live traffic.

Dobbs Peterbilt, based in Monroe, La., announced it opened its doors.

Solid Power Inc., the battery startup that went public in a reverse merger last year, has begun operating a new pilot line, putting it on pace to deliver sample cells to automotive partners by year-end.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. appointed Eric Jacobs chief financial officer, effective June 6.

Mack Trucks announced Bruckner’s Truck & Equipment in Fort Worth, Texas, is now a certified electric vehicle dealer, making this the first Mack dealership to be EV-certified in Texas.

Eaton announced its eMobility business introduced a 48-volt programmable power electronics control unit for electrically heated catalysts that can be used by commercial vehicle manufacturers to meet tightening global emissions regulations.

With the combination of increasing prices and interest rates, supply chain shortages and the rise of electrification, fleets are collectively at a tipping point. With these market conditions, are more trucking companies looking for alternative options, such as leasing, to purchase new units to hedge their uncertainty?

North American Class 8 orders slid to 14,000 units, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ preliminary data, as underlying conditions that had held back order intake sharply in April, compared with all recent months but one, were little changed.