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Trends & Headlines
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September 2025
Market Pulse: Heavy-duty truck demand is low, OEMs cutting production
September 2025
Tracking truckload (from IANA EXPO) - The Intermodal Logistics Podcast
September 2025
Market Pulse: New truck demand is dropping; used truck prices are rising
September 2025
Market Pulse: Where's the electric truck market headed now?
September 2025
Market Pulse: For-hire trucking's overcapacity problem—and its eventual solution
August 2025
Market Pulse: When will freight demand finally improve?
August 2025
Market Pulse: Analyst's outlook for tariffs: hurting what trucks haul
July 2025
Market Pulse: How the truck market is reacting to today's freight
April 2025
Navigating economic uncertainty in trucking amid Trump tariffs: Market Pulse with ACT Research
April 2025
Market Pulse: Trump’s regulatory timeline shifts trucking focus
February 2025
Market Pulse: Navigating 2025’s early used truck market amid tariffs and uncertainty
January 2025
Trump's emissions impact: Talking regulations on Market Pulse with ACT Research and FleetOwner
December 2024
FleetOwner Market Pulse with ACT Research: A look back and ahead from 2024 to 2025
DAT iQ Live
DAT iQ Market Update with Tim Denoyer: Ep. 320
August 2024
FleetOwner Market Pulse with ACT Research: What does a Fed cut mean for trucking?
Optym - Episode 26
Research's role in trucking | Tim Denoyer of ACT Research
July 2024
FleetOwner Market Pulse with ACT Research
DAT iQ Live
DAT's Data Analytics team examines current freight market conditions: Ep. 300
DAT iQ Live
DAT's Data Analytics team examines current freight market conditions: Ep. 287
ACT Research & Arrive Logistics
The Freight Cycle and Supply Visibility
Fetch Freight & ACT Research
2024 Freight Forecast: Truckload Rates & Market Trends Webinar
TruckTractorTrailer.com
STTTREAM: Steve Tam
Fleet Equipment
What recession? And what comes next?
October 2025 Coverage
- Medium-duty truck trends for 2026
- Clark: Older trucks, smarter maintenance—how fleets stay ahead in a down market
- Class 8 Truck Orders Slide 44% as Tariffs Strain
- ACT Research: Trailer Industry Facing Challenging Times
- NTDA regulatory, policy panel delivers good news
- ACT’s Ken Vieth gives trailer market forecast at NTDA
- U.S. Trailer Industry Faces Challenging Times, According to ACT Research
- ACT: Preliminary Class 8 net trailer orders down in September
- ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 Net Orders for September
- Used Truck Sales Increase for Third Straight Month in August
- Used-truck sales see unexpected gain in August
- Short-Term Freight Struggles, Long-Term Fleet Opportunities
- Used-truck market volumes outperformed expectations in August
- ACT Research: August For-Hire Volumes Challenged
- ACT: August for-hire volumes challenged
Previous Month's Coverage
Sales and orders for new trucks continue their decline in August
ACT: Used truck sales increase for first time in five months
Used truck sales gain ground in August
ACT Research: Used Truck Sales Increased in August
ACT: US trailer industry faces challenges
August 2025 Preliminary Truck Orders Decline Year-Over-Year
IANA, ACT Research Partnership Aims to Expand Intermodal Analytics
ACT Research: Trade war headwinds bearing down
ACT Research: Trade War Headwinds Bearing Down
The future of electric truck adoption is dimmer, but technology is still improving
ACT Research: U.S. trailer industry facing tough times
DAT: Truckload volumes, spot rates dip in August
ACT Research: U.S. Trailer Industry Facing Challenging Times
ACT Research: US trailer industry facing challenging times
August Class 8 Truck Sales Fall 13% From Prior Year
North American Class 8, Class 5-7 truck orders fall over 20% YoY
ACT Research: August Class 8 Orders Totaled 12.8K Units
ACT: Class 8 orders down for eighth consecutive month y/y
Freight index suggests trade wars a drag on freight and logistics sectors
August Class 8 orders down 21% from 2024 to 12,800 units
August Class 8 Truck Sales Fall 13% From Prior Year
ACT Research Market Vitals Seminar Recap Highlights Pent-Up Demand and Economic Pressures
ACT: August preliminary net trailer orders see slight uptick
ACT Research: Preliminary Net Trailer Order Activity in August Closely Mirrors July
ACT Research: Emerging Used Truck Price Gains Falter in August
ACT: Emerging used truck price gains falter in August
Intermodal Association of North America and ACT Research Form Partnership
ACT Research: Economic, Regulatory Headwinds Reduce Tractor and Vocational Demand
Used truck pricing stumbles in August
ACT Research: Used Truck Prices Increased in July
ACT Research: Economic and Regulatory Headwinds Reduce Tractor and Vocational Demand
ACT Research: Economic and Regulatory Headwinds Reduce Tractor and Vocational Demand
The Current and Future Health of the Trucking Market
Truck drivers see August stability, but outlook cloudy
Breaking down the IANA and ACT Research partnership: What you need to know
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 Net Orders for August
ACT Research: August 2025 Used Truck Prices Drop 5%
ACT Research: August sees drop in preliminary Class 8 orders
ACT Research: August sees drop in preliminary Class 8 orders
North American Heavy Truck Orders in August Steady with July - ACT Research
ACT Research: July For-Hire Volumes Turned Positive Due to Tariff Pull-Forwards
ACT Research: Preliminary Class 8 Orders Decline Y/Y in August
Podcast: For-hire trucking’s overcapacity problem and what it means for the freight market
Economic Trends: Spot market reveals changing trade patterns, ACT warns of coming price 'turbulence'
Tariffs, regulations, and economic trends impact today’s commercial vehicle market
ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index sees July increase
US Class 8 truck orders down in weak July
ACT Research: July 2025 Class 8 Orders Totaled 13,200 Units
Used Truck Sales and Prices Increase in July
When will freight demand improve? Trucking analyst offers outlook
US Truck Makers Face Tariff Costs, Shift Sourcing to Mexico
Kenny Vieth on Today’s Market: “I Wish I Had Better News”
ACT Research: Used Truck Market Outperformed Seasonality in July
It’s hard to find good news in an economic forecast these days
ACT Research: July For-Hire Volumes Turned Positive Due to Tariff Pull-Forwards
ACT Research: Used truck prices increase for second month
ACT Research: July 2025 Trailer Orders Total 8,800 Units
Low trade activity helping boost retail used prices
ACT Research: Used Truck Prices Increased in July
Day 2 of ACT Research’s Market Vitals Seminar Recap
Truckers brace for more pain as tariffs, weakening economy complicate freight recovery
ACT Research: Tariffs raising equipment prices
ACT Research sees freight market challenges ahead
ACT Research: Tariff Effects Still in Early Innings
Steel, aluminum for trailers tagged with 50% tariff
Unpacking trucking's ‘FUN’ future. Is this the new normal?
Analyst's tariffs outlook: Hurting what trucks haul in 2025
July Class 8 Truck Sales Return to Year-Over-Year Losses
US Trailer Orders Rise for Third Straight Month
ACT Research’s Market Vitals Seminar Recap: Uncertainty Building Pent-Up Demand
ACT Research: US trailer orders down in July
ACT Research: U.S. Trailer Order Intake at 8.8K Units in July
ACT Research: July Class 8 orders down
ACT's final July numbers show commercial trucks can't get into gear
ACT Research: Preliminary net trailer orders down in July
ACT Research: Preliminary net trailer orders down in July
ACT Research: July Class 8 Orders Totaled 13.2K Units
ACT Research: Preliminary Net Trailer Orders in July Lower M/M, as Expected
ACT: Used truck market continued to outperform seasonality in July
Commercial vehicle demand continues to weaken
ACT shows retail used truck market going strong
ACT Research: Used Truck Market Continued to Outperform Seasonality in July
Used Class 8 dealer sales spike 5.5%
ACT sees weakening heavy truck, vocational demand
ACT Research: Tractor and Vocational Demand Weakens Further
Class 8 Truck Orders Slip Nearly 2% Year Over Year in July
June For-Hire Trucking Index Shows Market Weakened by Tariffs and Overcapacity
Truck orders improve, but only slightly, in July
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 net orders declined in July
State of trucking: Heavy and medium-duty commercial truck demand was weak in July
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 net orders declined in July
Average Used Truck Price Rises for First Time in 2½ Years
North American Heavy Truck Orders Dip Slightly in July — ACT Research
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 Net Orders Declined in July
Commercial Vehicle Group cuts FY25 revenue view to $650M-$670M from $660M-$690M
ACT Research: Tariff Effects and Ongoing Overcapacity Prolong For-Hire Volume Downcycle
ACT: Tariff effects, ongoing overcapacity prolong for-hire volume downcycle
Wabash lease income up 79.3% despite weaker demand
June Used Truck Market Remains Strong Despite Economic and Tariff Uncertainty
Briefly: Average retail price of a used Class 8 truck finally increased
Used Class 8 truck prices spike 10.4% YoY
ACT Research: Used truck prices increase in June
ACT Research: Used Truck Prices Increased in June
Trailer Orders Up 133% in June, per ACT Research
June 2025 freight volumes and rates still impacted by overcapacity and tariffs
ACT: Tariffs significantly affecting the freight market
ACT Research: Freight Market Air Pockets Ahead?
Huge spike in US trailer orders
ACT Research: U.S. Trailer Order Intake at 15.4K Units in June
Paccar Expects Truck Demand Upswing in Second Half
ACT: U.S. trailer orders spike 133% in June
Pull forward of trailer orders in June unlikely to continue
Market Pulse: How the truck market is reacting to today's freight
ACT: June Class 8 orders down 35% compared to 2024
Final June truck orders announced
ACT Research: Preliminary Net Trailer Orders in June Deliver Upside Surprise
Used truck market held up well in June for dealers
ACT Research: June Class 8 Orders Totaled 9.5k Units
Surprise! Trailer orders jump in June
The Wall Street Journal - Logistics Report Number of the Day
ACT Research: Used Truck Market Prevails Despite Economic and Tariff Uncertainty
Vocational and Tractor Demand Slows as Freight Recovery Stalls
ACT Research’s August Market Vitals Seminar Open for Registration
ACT opens registration for August seminar
June 2025 ACT For-Hire Trucking Index Shows Continued Weakness in Freight Volumes
Daimler Truck North America laying off 2,000 workers as sales drop
Tariff uncertainty and inflation keep pressure on freight and manufacturing sectors
ATRI report examines evolving truck driver demographics
Class 8 Truck Sales in June Increase for First Time in 2025
ACT: Preliminary net trailer orders in June deliver upside surprise
ACT Research: Tractor and Vocational Demand Weakened by Fading Fundamentals and Uncertainty
Used Trucks in a Time of Transition
Used Class 8 truck prices rise 16% YoY
Tractor, vocational demand fading, ACT says
June 2025 ATD Truck Beat: Commercial Truck Sales Down 5.9% Through Q2
Medium-Duty Truck Sales Continued to Slip in June
May 2025 Trailer Market Update Shows 6,600 Units Ordered
Daimler announces 573 layoffs in Mount Holly
May 2025 Used Truck Prices: Class 8 Retail Down 2.3% in ACT Report
May 2025 Class 8 Orders Drop to 13,000 Units, ACT Research Reports
Used Truck Market Grapples With Instability in May
Class 8 truck orders slide in June amid freight demand softness and elevated cancellations
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 Net Orders Declined in June
ACT Research: Preliminary Classes 5-8 net orders declined in June
North American Heavy Truck Orders Drop Sharply in June – ACT Research
ACT Research: Used Truck Prices Slipped Lower in May
ACT Research: For-Hire Freight Volume Weak, Capacity Decreased in May
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