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Geert De Lombaerde

A native of Belgium, Geert De Lombaerde has more than two decades of business journalism experience. With a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, he began his reporting career at the Business Courier in Cincinnati and later was managing editor and editor of the Nashville Business Journal. Most recently, he oversaw the online and print products of the Nashville Post and reported primarily on Middle Tennessee’s finance sector as well as many of its publicly traded companies.

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Brakes, Tire & Wheel

Alcoa CEO says Trump's aluminum tariffs could cost 100,000 U.S. jobs

Feb. 28, 2025
The CEO of metals producer Alcoa said that the proposed 25% tariff on imported aluminum would directly lead to around 20,000 jobs cut, with an additional 80,000 indirectly lost...
Hyzon Motors
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Equipment

Hyzon CEO resigns as company nears dissolution

Feb. 11, 2025
Parker Meeks is out at the cash-strapped Hyzon. The fuel cell manufacturer tried to pivot to the refuse sector, but the company appears to have run out of money and time.
The Volvo team also teased a planned Mack long-haul truck to be launched in 2025.
Equipment

New Mack plant to ease capacity constraints

Nov. 22, 2024
Company president Stephen Roy predicts that new products and the fix for production issues will get the brand to a 10% market share.
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DTNA Cascadia fifth generation
Equipment

Daimler Truck responds to possible Trump tariffs

Nov. 13, 2024
Unit sales at Freightliner and Western Star's parent company rose 4% from the same period last year, with vocational trucks continuing to perform well. The truckmaker's CEO said...
John Hitch
GM Envolve's Zevo electric step van
Battery & Electrical

GM waiting on EV demand, expects to cut losses

Oct. 18, 2024
While still expecting to reduce their EV losses by up to $4 billion, GM is also expecting to finish this year having produced 200,000 units.
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Equipment

Fall freight forecast: Trucking execs cautiously optimistic about Q4 2024

Aug. 12, 2024
While leaders are hesitant to declare a market upturn, they seem to be on the same page regarding pricing trends and overall outlook amidst freight economy uncertainty.