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January Truck Sales up Year over Year

Daimler Trucks North America led the market-share race in Class 6 through Class 8 sales in January.

January U.S. Class 8 retail truck sales of 14,119 were up by more than 50% from last year's 9,236, according to figures from Ward's Communications. Class 7 sales weren't up quite as dramatically, up 14% to 3,568 compared to 3,124 a year ago, and Class 6 sales rose 19% from 2,524 to 3,004

MIT Study Finds Electric Trucks Can Save Businesses Money

MIT study says electric trucks, like this one from Navistar, have the potential to save...

Using electric trucks can considerably reduce costs for fleets, say researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT News reported that the study, conducted at MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics, found that electric vehicles can cost 9% to 12% less to operate than diesel-powered trucks when used to make deliveries on a daily basis in large cities

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