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Cummins Reports Sales, Net Income Boost in Q1
Power generation company Cummins reported Q1 revenues of $6.4 billion, an increase of 5 percent year-over-year. Sales in North America…
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EPA to Host Virtual Meetings on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emission Rule Proposals
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new, stronger standards to reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles and engines starting in model…
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LKQ Corp. to Host 2022 Investor Day
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, announced that the company will host an Investor Day at the headquarters of LKQ…
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New Online Campervan Rental and Buy/Sell Company Debuts
Nevada-based Vancation has officially launched its online RV rental and marketplace platform to offer what it said is a more…
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National ARVC Represents RV, Camping Industries at EV Summit
The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) recently represented the outdoor hospitality industry at the first-ever Electric Vehicle…
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Canadian Groups Seek Government Assistance
The Canadian Camping and RV Council (CCRVC) and RVDA of Canada were on Parliament Hill last week to shed light on industry issues that…
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Jayco Launches Massive Campus Solar Project
Jayco announced that it will soon be wrapping up a major energy reduction project, which will transition more than 10…
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Meyer Distributing Announces Orlando Expansion
Meyer Distributing announced the expansion of its Orlando, Fla., distribution hub. The expanded inventory hub will contain full coverage of…
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Camping World Opens SuperCenter in Rochester Area
Camping World Holdings announced the opening of Camping World of Rochester, N.Y. The SuperCenter expands RV sales and service to…
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Colonial Airstream Hosts Successful RV Show
Colonial Airstream and RV recently hosted a multi-day event it called “The Next Adventure RV Sales Event” at its 50,000-square-foot…
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CEO Offers Details Behind LKQ’s Recent Earning Report
During LKQ’s April 28 Q1 earnings call, President and CEO Nick Zarcone said supply chain transport issues continue to “provide…
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Billings Becomes Hotbed for Montana RV Buyers
It seems like everywhere you look in Billings, there’s an RV dealership, and there’s good reason for that. Two more…
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Newmar Unveils New Model Year Changes
This past Tuesday at the 2022 Newmar dealer event, Vice President of Sales John Sammut highlighted new year model changes.…
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GE Appliances Announces New Citizenship Goals
GE Appliances marked Earth Day a week ago by releasing its 2021 Corporate Citizenship Report, highlighting the latest progress and…
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ORR Spearheads First Summit on Clean Tech for Outdoor Recreation
The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR) this week held its first cross-sector “Electric Vehicle & Next Generation Technologies” for the Outdoor…
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Catalytic Converter Thefts Have Increased Four-Fold in Three Years
There has been a sharp increase in the number of catalytic converters being stolen across the country, resulting in vehicles…
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Loki Basecamp Debuts New Coach Series
Motor1.com takes a look at the newest Loki Basecamp offering. Loki Basecamp is a company that builds truck campers, but…
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Diesel Prices Reach New All-Time High
As of today, diesel prices have reached a new average all-time high of $5.16 per gallon, surpassing the previous record…
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A ‘Brite’ Past Leads to a Brighter Future
It’s been a busy 50 years for Star brite – which celebrates five decades in business next year – and…
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Patrick Industries’ Earnings Top $1B; 58% Increase
Patrick Industries reported net sales of $1.3 billion during the first quarter, an increase of 58 percent year-over-year from the…
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LKQ Corp. Revenue Up Nearly 6%
LKQ Corp., parent company of NTP-STAG, reports revenue in the first quarter of $3.3 billion, a 5.6 percent increase over…
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Garmin Posts 9% Revenue Increase
Garmin today announced results for the first quarter ended March 26. Highlights for first quarter 2022 include: Record consolidated revenue…
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Expion360 Begins Shipments of Hundreds of Lithium Batteries to AIM Wholesale
Expion360, producers of lithium batteries and accessories for RVs, outdoor, marine, residential and industrial, has begun shipping its e360 lithium-ion…
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U.S. GDP Unexpectedly Contracted at a 1.4% Rate in Q1
U.S. economic activity unexpectedly contracted for the first time since the second quarter of 2020 in the first three months…
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J.D. Power Report Finds Prices Up Across the Board
J.D. Power has released its NADAguides Market Insights for the first quarter and the report found that prices were up…
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Wilkins RV Expands with New York Location
Wilkins Recreational Vehicles announced it has completed an agreement to purchase Jim’s RV Center and will soon acquire their operations…
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RVIA Study IDs Changing RVer Demographics
ELKHART, Ind. – The “typical” RV buyer is getting much younger. That was the assessment of a panel of RV…
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Jayco Breaks Ground on Employee Health Clinic
Jayco has broken ground on a new health clinic to serve its employees and dependents utilizing the company’s health plan.…
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Ford F-150 Lightning Production Officially Launched
A crowd of hundreds that included Ford hourly workers and customers cheered throughout a 30-minute launch celebration of the 2022…
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Newmar Welcomes Dealers to Florida Gathering
ORLANDO, Fla. – Mike Happe, CEO of Winnebago Industries opened Newmar’s 2022 dealer event Tuesday at the Gaylord Hotel &…
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Fun Town RV Opens Second Texas Super Store
Fun Town RV announced the grand opening party of its new location in Corsicana, Texas, slated for April 30. The…
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KOA Reports a Record 57 Million Households Camped in ’21
Kampgrounds of America has released its annual North American Camping Report, and it reveals the explosive growth in camping in…
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Julie Markiewicz Promoted to VP at Lippert
Lippert announced that Julie Markiewicz has been promoted to vice president of internal audit and compliance. In her expanded role,…
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RVIA’s Former Standards VP to Receive Meritorious Service Award
The RV Industry Association‘s former Vice President of Standards, Bruce Hopkins, will be receiving the Meritorious Service Award at the…
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Blog: Defining the Role of Lifestyle Marketing for RV Companies
Over the last several months, I’ve shared the differences between product marketing, brand marketing and lifestyle marketing, and we’ve also…
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March Shipments Set a New All-Time Record
Results for the RV Industry Association’s March 2022 survey of manufacturers determined that total RV shipments ended the month with…
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Lance Camper Launches New Video Series
Lance Camper announced the release of its all-new video series, “Lance at a Glance.” This series of short, under-a-minute videos…
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Coach-Net Hosts Industry Partners at New Headquarters
Every year, Coach-Net, a provider of RV technical and roadside assistance for 35 years, honors its hardworking employees with an…
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Airstream of Utah Announces New Location, Grand Opening
Airstream of Utah announced its new location’s Grand Opening Celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 14,…
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Cavco Industries Acquires Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina
Cavco Industries announced its closing on the acquisition of a 184,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Hamlet, N.C. As previously announced, the…
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Protective Asset Partners with Powersports-Oriented Tech Company RumbleOn
F&I programs and services provider Protective Asset Protection announced it has signed a national agreement with RumbleOn, which Protective Asset…
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Mopeka Products Acquires Sonariot
Mopeka Products, makers of sonar tank monitoring solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sonariot. Together, Mopeka…
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Lance Camper Resumes Plant Tours in May
Lancaster, Calif.-based Lance Camper has announced it has begun announced it is restarting plant tours for the public next month.…
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Nebraska Dealers Now Allowed to Sell Large Fifth Wheels
One of the missions of the RV Industry Association is to monitor state and federal legislation that might have some…
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Missouri’s Coachlight RV Goes All-In on RVTI Certification
The RV Industry Association highlights one dealership’s effort to eliminate what the store owner calls “a thorn in the side…
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A Satellite’s View of Supply Chain Issues
COVID-19 has again reared its ugly head in China, and parts of that country are undergoing the largest outbreak of…
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Dealership Merger Mania Continues
Brokers and advisors who put together mergers and acquisitions for RV dealerships say business is as brisk as ever and…
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Campers Inn Acquires Arizona’s Little Dealer Little Prices
Campers Inn RV recently announced that it was planning on expanding to the western United States, and this week took…
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Airstream Extends Program to Offset Carbon Emissions from ’22 Models
Airstream has extended its program to help neutralize the estimated carbon emissions created by the manufacturer and use of the…
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Camping World Moving into Former Wisconsin Gander Store
A Camping World store will open soon in the former Gander Outdoors store at 1200 Crossing Meadows Drive in Onalaska,…
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Volkswagen, Jayco Launch Camper Van Down Under
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has teamed up with Jayco to create a camper van based on the VW Crafter van. The…
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Lippert Names Head of Europe Marine Group
Lippert announced Matthew Johnston has been named managing director for Lippert Marine Group in Europe. In this role, he will…
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Jobless Claims Hold Near Lowest Levels Since 1960s
Weekly unemployment claims held near their lowest levels since the 1960s, with a strong labor market and improving levels of…
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Lippert Employees Step Up for National Volunteer Week
As part of National Volunteer Week, more than 1,200 Lippert employees from the company’s Michiana-area locations. Lippert Cares is an…
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Lazydays’ Preliminary Q1 Results Show Profits Up
Lazydays Holdings’ preliminary Q1 earnings results were released Monday, and the company said it had preliminary revenue for the first…
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Expion360 Achieves UL Compliance for Recreational Batteries
Lithium battery maker Expion360 announced it has completed UL 1973 compliance on its 60-120Ah batteries. Because of the growing demand…
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Camping Outlook Remains Healthy
The KOA Monthly Research Report – April Edition indicates that 38 percent of campers who have not traveled for a…
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KOA: Continued Growth in First Quarter of 2022
After finishing 2021 an astounding 33 percent above the previous record-grossing year, Kampgrounds of America reports a 16.5 percent increase…
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RVWA Announces Upcoming Events
The RV Women’s Alliance has a few things on the calendar it wants to let people know about. For those…
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History: A Look Back at ‘Frank’s Motor Home’
Transportation-oriented website Jalopnik takes us on a way-back Wednesday journey to an important time in RV history. When the subject…
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Allison Transmission Earns CARB Certification
Allison Transmission today announced it has received certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the model year 2022…
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Exclusive: ATC Breaks Ground on New HQ Facility
Aluminum Trailer Co. (ATC) today broke ground on a new 221,000-square-foot facility at its home in Nappanee, Ind., which will…
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Registration for RV Aftermarket Conference Begins Monday
Registration for the 51st RV Aftermarket Conference in August will open this coming Monday, April 25. The conference, which is…
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RVTI, NERVDA Form Partnership to Recruit New Techs
As the “Year of Recruitment” continues, the RV Technical Institute (RVTI) has been hard at work attending events across the…
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RVIA Puts the Spotlight on the Rental Market
As consumers evolve and their expectations change, the RV rental market is evolving as well to keep up with them,…
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DEI Joins the Hot Rod Power Tour
Automotive heat and sound control products company Design Engineering said it will be doing its part to make sure the…
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ARVC Continues to Serve Park Owners in Florida and Alabama
The Florida/Alabama state RV park and campground association chose to de-affiliate with the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds…
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Oil Prices Fall 5% After IMF Cuts Growth Outlook
Oil prices were down about 5 percent in volatile trading on Tuesday on demand concerns after the International Monetary Fund…
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Blog: Increase Sales Opportunities by Texting Customers
In 2022, the online experience is invaluable. More customers than ever are visiting a dealership website, likely several times, before…
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IDS Launches Monthly Market Analysis
Integrated Dealer Systems, an RV, marine and trailer dealership software provider, has announced the launch of its “Dealership Industry Insights”…
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Dometic Hosts Mid-Year Strategy Meetings with Key Players
Dometic said a team of people from the company will meet this week with RV manufacturing, aftermarket and service leaders…
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Suburban Adds New Water Heater to Product Line
Suburban, an Airxcel brand, announced a key expansion to its water heater product line with the new IW42 – a…
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NRVTA Hires Video Production Manager to Bolster Training
The National RV Training Academy (NRVTA) today announced Garrett Syfrett joined the team as video production manager to enhance the…
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RVshare Partners with DigiSure to Offer RV Rental Insurance, Protection
RVshare, the first and largest RV rental marketplace, together with insurance technology platform DigiSure, announced a partnership enabling RVshare to…
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The Toyota Previa on Steroids
TheDrive.com often comes across various bizarre projects and one-offs that it graciously shares with its readers, and this has to…
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Chinese Lockdowns Curbing Supply Chain Improvements
What happens in China doesn’t stay in China. And for American supply chains, that is usually a good thing. American…
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Make-A-Wish, Winnebago and RV Retailer Team Up
Make-A-Wish, Winnebago Industries and RV Retailer have announced they will partner to provide outdoor adventures to wishers across the country.…
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Derema Group Expanding, Adding Staff in Elkhart
Derema Group said it will be expanding in the Elkhart, Ind., area to meet the demands of its vendors and…
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Participants Sought for 2022 Go RVing Dealer Tie-in Program
Go RVing announced its 2022 Dealer Tie-In Program that is now available for RV dealers, state dealer associations and their…
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KPA Hosts Two-Part Webinar Series on Hazard Communication
RV Dealers Association partner and business training and compliance firm KPA are offering a two-part webinar series entitled: Hazard Communication.…
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‘Second Chance Month’ Ties in Nicely with RVTI Recruitment Goals
In case you missed it, the federal government recently christened April as “Second Chance Month,” with the purpose of promoting…
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VW CFO Expects Chip Shortage to Persist Into 2024
Volkswagen Group expects the semiconductor shortage to continue longer than expected, the automaker’s finance chief, Arno Antlitz, said. Supplies of…
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Way Interglobal Announces Two Key Hires
Way Interglobal has named Michael Pahud as its chief financial officer, a newly created position to help lead the financial…
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AMIC Global Sold to Component Sourcing International
Sun Acquisitions has announced the sale of AMIC Global Inc. to Component Sourcing International (CSI). Illinois-based AMIC is a diversified…
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New Survey to Identify RV Rental Market Trends, Outlook
The RV Rental Association (RVRA) is now conducting a survey of RV rental businesses to gauge the current state of…
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Kanen Wealth Mgt. Calls Out Lazydays Board Members by Name
Dave Kanen of Kanen Wealth Management has written an open letter to the top officers of the Lazydays Board of…
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Outdoorsy Ranks No. 16 on Marketplace 100 List
Outdoorsy, an on-demand global RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace, has been named one of the largest and fastest-growing marketplace…
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Local Business Publication Names Dragonfly Tech Company of the Year
Reno-based Dragonfly Energy has been named “technology company of the year” by the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NCET).…
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World’s Largest Hydrogen Taxi Fleet to be Powered by Cummins
Cummins, through its affiliate Hydrogenics Europe N.V., has signed a contract to supply a 2.5-megawatt (MW) electrolyzer to Hysetco, a…
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COVID Curbs in China Threaten Supply Chain Paralysis
China’s race to stop the spread of COVID-19 is clogging highways and ports, stranding workers and shutting countless factories –…
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Jobless Claims Rise But Still Near 54-Year Low
U.S. jobless claims held near multi-decade lows last week as companies worked to keep employees on their payrolls amid ongoing…
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Easter Egg Drop a Hit, Colorado Dealership Says
On Saturday, April 9, more than 3,000 children and their families gathered in Greeley, Colo., at The Great Outdoors RV for…
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Performance Brokerage Services Advised on the Sale of Lloyd’s RV To Fun Town
Performance Brokerage Services was the adviser to the seller when Lloyd’s RV Center in Orange, Texas, was sold to Fun…
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Roamly Launches Global Travel Insurance Product
Roamly, the insurance company and subsidiary of Outdoorsy, announced the launch of its newest product: Global Travel Insurance. It is…
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Allison Transmission Tapped for First UK Electric Refuse Collection Vehicle
Allison Transmission announced it has been selected to provide the propulsion system for the UK’s first hydrogen fuel cell refuse…
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Brightstar-Backed Novae Acquires LOOK Trailers
Markle, Ind.-based trailer manufacturer Novae, a portfolio company of Brightstar Capital Partners, announced that it has acquired LOOK Trailers, the…
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Dave Medford Retires After 50 Years with Dexstar
Longtime Dexstar Wheel employee Dave Medford has retired from the company after 50 years. Medford joined the company on April…
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PPL Motor Homes Hires Vice President of Sales
Houston-based PPL Motor Homes announced that RV industry veteran, Kevin Hoffpauir, has been hired as vice president of sales. Hoffpauir…
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Mercedes Aims to Halve Carbon Footprint by 2030
Automakers are driving toward eliminating emissions in their vehicle fleets, production plants and supplier networks. Mercedes-Benz said Monday it will…
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Inflation Rises by the Most Since 1981
U.S. consumer price increases quickened in March, underscoring ongoing inflationary pressures as supply chain disruptions and shortages lingered across the…
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