North American Class 6-8 Truck Market Report 2021: Heavy Truck Registrations in the U.S. Plummeted in 2020 with a 26% y-o-y Decline - Forecasts to 2026

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DUBLIN, Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "North American Class 6-8 Truck Market - 2021-2026 - Market Dynamics, Competitive Landscape, OEM Strategies & Plans, Trends & Growth Opportunities and Market Outlook - Daimler, Volvo, PACCAR, Navistar-Traton" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The registration of heavy trucks in the U.S. plummeted in 2020 with a 26% year-on-year decline owing to pandemic & the subsequent imposition of lockdowns.

The Global Trucking industry had been impacted significantly by the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 (with the clear exception of China), with declining volumes as well as profitability across OEMs with recovery seen in the later part of the year, led, primarily by the unprecedented surge in e-commerce volumes.

Trucking has been pivotal to the United States Economy accounting for around 72% of the nation's freight by weight and the trend is likely to be sustained over long term. However, trucking in North America has been more of a tug of war between the continent's aboriginal truck-makers and the European settlers with the latter, led by Daimler, dominating the show especially in the Class 8 market.

Truck registrations in the U.S. have been recovering steadily since the second half of 2020 with the same sustained in 2021 so far led by ongoing economic recovery driving up freight volumes & rates. The same has stimulated replacement demand across operators and is likely to drive fleet expansion in 2021. The near term view of the Class 6-8 market looks optimistic with an upward demand growth trajectory likely through 2022 following likely pursuit of fiscal intervention measures by nations & governments across most regions going forward coupled with strong global economic recovery projections by the IMF for 2021 & 2022, led by the U.S.

The industry also continues to make steady progress towards development of sustainable technologies geared towards de-carbonization of transportation. The efforts have primarily been led by battery-electric & fuel cell technologies with the tipping point for electric trucks likely to come in form of the serial assembly of electric trucks across trucking behemoths, Daimler & Volvo, apart from most other OEMs over near term.

The rapid move towards de-carbonization of transportation & transition towards sustainability; along with Connectivity & Autonomous technologies; is collectively likely to drive significant replacement demand over medium term across most traditional markets while it has already led to a spike in M&A activity, JVs & partnerships amongst leading industry players with the same likely to see a further uptick going forward. Further, the sustained rise in global crude oil prices is likely to give a further stimulus to transition towards alternate drivetrains across operators going forward.

Further, the massive, $2 trillion infrastructure plan just outlined by the Biden administration in early April 2021; geared towards comprehensive repair & rebuilding of roads, railroads, bridges & ports in the U.S.; could turn out to be the much needed shot in the arm for the on & off-highway segments over medium term with an outlay of $115 billion planned towards repair of highways & bridges alone, if it gets approved by the Congress.

However, managing supply side delays & disruptions, especially for semi-conductor chips, owing to the pandemic and its uncertain trajectory going forward, will be crucial to sustaining recovery over near term which is likely to continue well into 2022.

Relevance & Usefulness:

Strategic Planning, Assessment & Decision-Making Processes
Analysis of Near to Medium Term Strategy Focus and Key Strategies & Plans for all OEMs
Medium Term Market Outlook, Inputs on Market Evolution & Demand Growth
Identification of & Insights into Potential Growth Opportunities & Avenues
Development of Custom, Market-specific Strategies aligned with Emerging Growth Opportunities
Formulation, Development & Shaping of Growth Strategies in an Unpredictable Environment
Conceptualization, Development & Shaping of Product Platform Specific Strategies
Adjustment & Alignment of Overall Strategy Focus for OEMs & Key Industry Players across Value Chain

Key Topics Covered:

Part 1: Market Size, Segmentation & Competitive Landscape

Section 1: North American Class 6-8 Truck Market

Market Overview
Market Size
Market Segmentation
Key Drivers

Section 2: Competitive Landscape - North American Class 6-8 Truck Market - Market Share for Industry OEMs

Part 2: Analysis on Key Industry OEMs

Section 3: Key Industry OEMs - Snapshot & Product Portfolio

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)
Volvo Trucks North America
PACCAR Inc.
Navistar International Corporation - Traton

Section 4: Financial Performance Analysis - Key Industry OEMs

1. Revenue Base & Growth Trend
2. Revenues Split by Key Segments
3. Revenues Split by Key Geographic Markets & Regions
4. Gross Earnings & Margin Trend
5. Operating Earnings & Operating Margin Trend
6. Return on Sales Trend
7. Profitability Growth Trend
8. Cash Flow from Operations
9. R&D Expenditure Trend
10. CAPEX Trend
11. Order Intake & Truck Deliveries Trend

Section 5: OEM Strategies & Plans - Comprehensive Analysis of Strategies & Plans for Key Industry OEMs - Daimler, Volvo, PACCAR, Navistar

Analysis Coverage:

Product Portfolio Strategies & Plans
Market Specific Strategies & Plans
R&D Strategies & Plans
Growth Strategies & Plans
Business and Corporate Strategies & Plans
Sales & Marketing Strategies & Plans
Production/Manufacturing Strategies & Plans
Financial Strategies & Plans
Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances & JVs
Other Strategies & Strategic Initiatives

Section 6: SWOT Analysis - On Key Industry OEMs

Part 3: Market & Technology Trends, Emerging Demand Scenario and Strategic Market Outlook through 2026

Section 7: Key Trends

Market Trends
Technology Trends

Section 8: Key Issues, Challenges & Risk Factors

Section 9: North American Class 6-8 Truck Market - Force Field Analysis - Analysis of Driving & Restraining Forces and their Overall Dynamics

Driving Forces
Restraining Forces

Section 10: Strategic Market Outlook through 2026

Analysis of Emerging Market Scenario
Demand Outlook & Growth Projections for Class 6-8 Truck Market through 2026

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