WASHINGTON (July 2, 2024)—The American Truck Dealers (ATD) today announced its support for Congressional efforts to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3” rule targeting fleet-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions for model year (MY) 2027-2032 heavy-duty…

MCLEAN, Va. (April 26, 2008) - In response to customer feedback, NADA Used Car Guide -- the industry standard in used-vehicle valuation and information -- has enhanced its ATD/NADA Official Commercial Truck Guide with a series of expanded construction options. These enhancements, along with the Guide's existing construction options,…

World War I era tax adds as much as $50,000 to the cost of a new zero-emission vehicle

Modernize the Truck Fleet Week kicks off in the nation’s capital on June 17. WASHINGTON – The Modernize the Truck Fleet (MTF) coalition held a briefing for U.S. Senate staff on Monday to reinforce the need to repeal the antiquated federal excise tax (FET) on the sale of heavy-duty trucks and trailers. “The federal…

Stellantis NV’s Ram truck brand, long a laggard in the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles, is offering a solution to range anxiety that leans into its gas-powered roots: a battery-powered pickup with an on-board gas generator to boost range and towing capacity.

The American Truck Dealers (ATD) led a letter to congressional leaders urging suspension of the 12% federal excise tax (FET) on new heavy-duty trucks and trailers through 2021. ATD was joined by 116 other organizations, including many influential industry groups, such as the American Trucking Associations (ATA), requesting that Congress suspend…

WASHINGTON (July 22, 2021)–The Modernize the Truck Fleet, a coalition of trucking industry stakeholders – including the American Truck Dealers (ATD), American Trucking Associations and other groups – announced their strong support for bipartisan legislation to repeal the 12% federal excise tax (FET) on the sale of heavy-duty trucks and trailers.…

Commercial truck sales closed out 2020 with total sales just shy of 410,000 units, a decline of 22.3% from the 2019 total. Sales of Class 8 trucks improved in December, reaching a high for the year, but that was not enough to offset sales declines seen earlier in the year stemming from the pandemic. Class 8 sales in 2020 totaled nearly 192,000…

Stellantis NV offered a glimpse of the first electric pickup from its Ram brand as the automaker aims to move from laggard to leader in the increasingly competitive field of plug-in trucks.

U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they were investigating whether 1.1 million older Ram 1500 pickup trucks should be recalled for power steering loss issues.