Trucks, Parts, Service introduces our new Weekly News Roundup video (7/4/25)

Описание: Trucks, Parts, Service (TPS) is thrilled to introduce our new Weekly News Roundup, a short video touching on the top stories and trending news in the commercial vehicle dealer and aftermarket sectors. This new series will provide you a quick recap of every key story, regulation or announcement that made waves in the TPS world this week, keeping you updated during those weeks where there's just too much going on.

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(And yes, we know this week's video was longer than one minute. We promise future videos will be shorter!)

Transcript:

Lucas: Hi guys. Lucas here and I’m excited to introduce a new video component to Trucks, Parts, Service, our weekly one-minute roundup. This is a video that's going to come out every Friday and be available on the website, our YouTube page, and in our weekly newsletters that will give you a roundup of some of the top stories that hit the industry this week. Trailer dealer news truck, dealer news, aftermarket news — anything that impacts your business — you’re going to get a quick snippet of it here.
Our hope with these videos is when you're just too busy, in a week, like this week with the short week in the holiday — Happy Fourth by the way — you’re probably not going to keep up with everything. So we think this video will give you just that quick 30,000 ft., ‘What did I miss in the industry this week?’ roundup.
Specifically this week Right to Repair has been a big issue. Two new bills hit Congress earlier this month. One in the House, one in the Senate. As you can expect, the aftermarket is pushing for more co-sponsors. They want to push that bill forward. CVSN was in DC last month. They were meeting with legislators. They were trying to get some more support. ATD came out against the bill this week. They sent a letter to Congress on Tuesday. They called the bill “overbroad and unnecessary” and questioned the amount of technical access that needs to be provided to the aftermarket and to the independent service channel. So that’s an issue.
Other things … we looked into credit card surcharges this week. Are they the right thing for your business? Should you charge or should you include in price? That’s a decision you have to make, but we looked into the pros and cons.
Additionally, a couple huge fire risks, one for International, one for Chevy, those were in the NHTSA recalls on Monday. So if you didn’t see that and you support one of those brands, you’re going to want to check into that. And lastly, truck orders came out yesterday and they were bad. July was a 16-year low. Worst June since 2009. The medium-duty space wasn’t much better. We’re talking like 9,000 units [for Class 8], we usually average 19,000 to 20,000 units right now. So really the truck sales problem continues. We’re hoping that will turn around, but June numbers were not good.
Sorry to end on that negative note, but we hope you come back. We hope you enjoy this and check out the next one-minute recap next week. Have a great Fourth. Thanks!