Volvo Group North America

Workhorse on the bubble, or is it worse?

Less than three months after my generally upbeat visit to Workhorse Group’s refurbished plant near the Ohio-Indiana border, the electric truck maker’s situation appears dire.

Layoffs and furloughs

Workhorse has laid off 20% of its workforce. Much of the rest is on unpaid furlough and could be called back to work. 

The company is choked with inventory. It has less than $7 million in cash on the books and accounts payable for more than twice that amount. At a projected burn rate less than Q1’s $5.5...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/workhorse-on-the-bubble-or-is-it-worse

Tesla to trucking industry: Step up your electric game

LAS VEGAS — The Advanced Clean Truck Expo is a come-all event. Until this year, Tesla has passed on attending.

The ACT Expo has outgrown the art deco charm of Long Beach and the “Disney-fied” atmosphere of Anaheim, California. This year, it moved to convention mecca with exhibitors filling the North Hall of the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center. It returns to Anaheim in 2025, occupying both halls of the convention center in 2025.

Dozens of battery electric, fuel-cell electric and alternative...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tesla-to-trucking-industry-step-up-your-electric-game

3 trucking majors combine to advance electric infrastructure

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Three of the nation’s largest medium- and heavy-duty truck makers snagged the apropos acronym PACT...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/3-trucking-majors-combine-to-advance-electric-infrastructure

Striking UAW will vote again on rejected Mack Trucks offer

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Striking United Auto Workers at Mack Trucks will vote again next week on the company’s last, best...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/striking-uaw-will-vote-again-on-rejected-mack-trucks-offer

Mack Trucks fires back at striking UAW’s new demands

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Mack Trucks fired back at the striking United Auto Workers, saying it is “not prepared to jeopardize...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mack-trucks-fires-back-at-striking-uaws-new-demands

UAW employees will strike at Mack Trucks after rejecting contract

United Auto Workers-represented employees at Mack Trucks overwhelmingly voted down a tentative agreement Sunday. They plan to strike operations in three states Monday.

The strike involves 3,900 workers at Volvo Group operations plants in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida. It coincides with but is separate from an ongoing UAW walkout at Detroit’s three automakers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram Trucks.

In a letter to Holly Georgell,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uaw-employees-will-strike-at-mack-trucks-after-rejecting-contract

Mack Trucks settles with UAW on longer agreement

Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers tentatively agreed to a new five-year labor agreement. It is a year longer than the previous pact.

The longer agreement follows a six-year agreement between sibling Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) and the UAW. A five-week strike preceded that deal in 2021.

Mack is part of the Greensboro, North Carolina-based Volvo Group North America, which includes VTNA.

Most workers assemble Class 8 trucks at Mack’s Lower Macungie Township. The company’s Lehigh Valley...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mack-trucks-settles-with-uaw-on-longer-agreement

UAW-represented Mack Trucks workers near strike deadline

United Auto Workers-represented workers at Mack Trucks could strike as soon as Monday. The current agreement, signed after a two-week strike in 2019, expires Sunday night.

Most attention is focused on an expanding strike against the Detroit Three automakers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. The situation involving 3,900 union members at Volvo Group North America facilities in three states has attracted little attention.

Mack is part of the Greensboro, North Carolina-based Volvo Group which...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uaw-represented-mack-trucks-workers-near-strike-deadline

Nikola will recall 209 battery-electric trucks following 2 fires

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Nikola will recall approximately 209 Class 8 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and temporarily halt...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nikola-will-recall-209-battery-electric-trucks-following-2-fires

Electric truck recalls begin to mount — albeit in small numbers

The number of affected vehicles is barely noticeable — until you count the number of recall campaigns. Electric trucks are having early life quality problems.

The latest of 10 electric truck recalls in the past three months was reported on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website Monday. It involves the loss of power to 82 Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 trucks. The electronic axles may have insufficiently welded planetary gear sets.

E-axles and planetary gear sets are components...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electric-truck-recalls-begin-to-mount-albeit-in-small-numbers

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