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.

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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Tractor-trailer in autumn
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.
John Hitch | Fleet Maintenance
The Hyliion Hypertruck ERX is set for production in Q4 2023.
Equipment

Hyliion on track for Hypertruck production in 2023; plans fuel-cell truck with Hyzon

March 7, 2023
On a quarterly results conference call, Hyliion leadership gave a financial update, confirmed production on the Hypertruck ERX will begin by year’s end, and revealed they are ...
Daimler Truck Holding AG
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Equipment

Daimler Truck CFO: Supply chain still ‘broken’

Nov. 14, 2022
A better product mix and pricing power more than doubled the manufacturer’s North American EBIT in Q3, but there’s still lots of 2023 uncertainty as customers decide between higher...