Industrywide U.S. and Canada Class 8 truck retail sales totaled 233,000 units in 2025, Paccar said, and are expected to range from 230,000 to 270,000 trucks in 2026.

American Trucking Associations has selected 20 professional truck drivers based on their safety records and professionalism to serve as America’s Road Team captains for 2026-2027.

Aumovio will cut up to 4,000 jobs in research and development worldwide as the German auto supplier moves to rein in costs amid a “challenging” market environment and intensifying competition.

Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores will close, the company said in a blog post on Jan. 27, with some locations converted into Whole Foods Market stores.

During Allentown’s State of the City address, Mack announced the additions to the facility, which also includes areas where customers can inspect their new truck and drive it on a test track. 

The Jan. 27 four-part offering includes notes maturing in three to 10 years, Bloomberg reported. FedEx said in December 2024 it would separate its freight business as part of a broader effort.

President Trump said on social media that import taxes would be raised on autos, lumber and pharmaceutical drugs from South Korea with the rate on other goods going from 15% to 25%.

GM’s new guidance rests on selling more of its largest trucks and SUVs such as its GMC Sierra and Cadillac Escalade — and fewer electric vehicles.

A massive winter storm that swept the U.S. over the weekend crippled oil and gas producers and the industrial plants that refine the raw commodities into everything from gasoline to plastics.

Earnings in the fourth quarter were $2.38 a share, topping the $2.21 average of analyst estimates. Sales of $24.5 billion also beat expectations.

Amerit Fleet Solutions has expanded into London as part of a broader international growth strategy, establishing its first operation outside North America, Amerit announced Jan. 21.

Series production of the fuel cell trucks is still targeted for the early 2030s. Until midway through 2025, Daimler Truck expected to begin serial production toward the end of the 2020s.

For many carriers, the cost to operate now outpaces the revenue coming in. The market isn’t going to hand back the margin it took. We have to build it ourselves, writes PCS Software CEO Mark A. Hill.

Secretary Sean Duffy said that while DOT’s resources are directed to primarily protect motorists, another key priority is enhancing existing infrastructure with emerging safety technologies.

The company expects to book roughly $3 billion of data center-related orders between 2025 to 2027 and is also on track to double its natural gas turbine capacity by the first half of 2027.

Less-than-truckload carrier A. Duie Pyle continues to expand its core mid-Atlantic and Northeast geographical footprint, announcing plans for a service center in Suffolk, Va.

PlusAI and the Traton Group are expanding their partnership to accelerate the scaled deployment of on-highway autonomous trucking in the U.S. and Europe, the companies announced.

The final defendant in a multimillion-dollar cargo theft ring that stretched across three states was recently sentenced by a federal court in Indiana.

Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the January 26, 2026 print edition.

Estes hinted that more purchases are likely in the pipeline, all part of an ongoing push to expand the carrier’s network now that it has fully incorporated terminals acquired from Yellow.