North American Class 8 truck orders in November continued to trend below year-ago levels, according to ACT Research. Preliminary data showed an 11% decline to 37,200 units. This marked the sixth month ...

ACT Research's 2026 Class 8 outlook points to growing optimism as freight rates improve and economic momentum builds.

This story appears in the Aug. 23 print edition of Transport Topics. U.S. registrations of new Class 8 trucks increased 7.8% in the second quarter compared with the same 2009 period, but failed to ...

Class 8 Truck Market Class 8 Truck Market Dublin, April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Class 8 Truck Market Opportunity, Growth Drivers, Industry Trend Analysis, and Forecast 2025-2034" report has ...

While freight markets cooled in 2023, it didn’t stop fleets from ordering new equipment last year, as the Class 8 market saw a historically high level of order-board action over the year's final ...

Demand for Class 8 vehicles remained strong in February as the freight industry begins its slow recovery, according to preliminary data from ACT Research and FTR Transportation Intelligence. ACT’s ...

Class 8 truck orders saw a surge in December, with preliminary figures from FTR Transportation Intelligence showing net orders jumped to 42,200 units—the strongest performance since October 2022. This ...

Uncertainty defined the conversation as FTR addressed the challenges facing the Class 8 market industry. “This is not the cycle you were planning for,” FTR CEO Jonathan Starks told attendees Monday at ...

North American Class 8 truck orders roared back in December, jumping to their highest level in more than three years as fleets moved to lock in equipment amid easing regulatory uncertainty, according ...

ACT Research's NA Class 8 Net Orders chart shows the ups and downs of truck orders since January 2019. There was a slight increase from the December 2023 orders and a larger increase over January 2023 ...