2021-08-24T07:25:37+00:00
Electric Trucks Are Coming. What Does that Mean for Brakes? If you own an electric car, you probably know that much of the braking is accomplished with regenerative braking, which uses the kinetic energy of the car to regenerate the battery’s charge. This uses an electric drivetrain to both power and slow down a vehicle. …
2021-08-24T06:54:07+00:00
As many of you have probably noticed, there is a lot of movement in availability and pricing in heavy-duty truck parts and it might not get better for a while…. This article is more specific to brake parts (and more especially brake drums and rotors) because that is what we know, but we think that…
2020-10-16T21:23:00+00:00
Year 2020 has been a year of dealing with uncertainty and adapting to the current environment. Every class of retail sales in the industry saw year over year downfall, likely due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, Class 8 market took the most noticeable drop at more than 60% decline in May 2020 compared to last…
2020-07-16T06:04:00+00:00
After 3 disappointing months, we can take a small sigh of relief in seeing the volume of North American Class 8 orders increase. In June, the second highest numbers were reached this year. No one can say if this is the beginning of a consistent trend or rebound, but for now it’s positive. Preliminary net orders jumped just…
2020-04-27T06:11:47+00:00
Not so long ago, forecasts for the 2020 truck and trailer market were that we should expect a “correction.” The strong 2019 market began to lose its luster in the final months of the year and opened 2020 as expected, without a bang. But how much worse it has actually become, could not have been forecasted. The unprecedented…
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