North American and global economies are experiencing the most severe COVID-19 impacts but second half recovery potential is emerging, according to the ACT Research Transportation Digest. read more

MAY 26, 2020 - 7:00 am

ACT Research predicts commercial vehicle demand will transition in 2021 from COVID-19’s negative impacts into a meaningfully better situation in 2022. read more

MAY 13, 2020 - 6:25 am

The continued spread of COVID-19 over the past month has resulted in freefalling GDP assumptions, and by extension freight volumes, carrier profits and expectations for commercial vehicle demand, according to ACT Research. read more

APR 13, 2020 - 6:50 am

ACT Research reported that starting in the second half of February, COVID-19 went from a China containment story to one of a spiraling pandemic. read more

APR 6, 2020 - 6:30 am

Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders in March were down 45% from February and 51% lower year over year. March’s Classes 5-7 net orders were down 36% from February and 31% from year-ago levels. read more

APR 3, 2020 - 6:50 am

ACT Research’s Transportation Digest reported that key truck transportation metrics of January and February data may show a global supply chain disruption that took place initially in China. read more

APR 3, 2020 - 6:30 am

Class 8 inventory-to-sales ratio, seasonally adjusted, hit 3.5 months in February, while the Classes 5-7 inventory-to-sales ratio dropped from a “highest in a decade” in January to 3.0 months in February, according to ACT Research. read more

MAR 18, 2020 - 6:35 am

The global spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, required ACT Research to do a foundational reassessment of near-term economic expectations, and by extension, North American commercial vehicle demand. read more

MAR 11, 2020 - 6:40 am

ACT Research reported that the new low NOx Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will impact the U.S. commercial vehicle market, citing past regulatory examples. read more

MAR 6, 2020 - 6:35 am

Class 8 inventories rose 3,400 units month over month in January, as production outpaced expectedly weak sales, according to ACT Research. read more

FEB 19, 2020 - 5:45 am

Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders in January were 17,700 units, down 12% from December 2019, but up 10% from last January, according to ACT Research. read more

FEB 5, 2020 - 6:35 am

ACT Research projected that the U.S. economy is poised to expand by 1.8% in 2020. read more

JAN 21, 2020 - 6:55 am

Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders in December 2019 were 20,000 units, up 14% from November and down just 6.5% from year-ago December. read more

JAN 6, 2020 - 6:25 am

ACT Research noted that three factors are at work in the weak outlook for heavy commercial vehicles in the coming two years: demand, supply and timing. read more

DEC 27, 2019 - 6:50 am

According to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, carrier profitability and by extension Class 8 demand are heading toward tougher business conditions in 2020. read more

DEC 26, 2019 - 7:00 am