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The Commercial Vehicle Industry – Truly a Community 

The mission of the CVBNetwork is to be the toolbox of resources for the entirety of the commercial vehicle ecosystem:

  • To support the entire network of businesses in the ecosystem and increase their connectedness through the exchange of ideas with peers;
  • To offer education plus exposure to resources, procedures and best practices being used by others in the industry;
  • To be a meeting place and hub of resources, information, stories and breaking news.

Switch-N-Go® Increases the Versatility of Electric Work Trucks

An established hoist and truck body company maximizes the efficiency of innovative EV work trucks Switch-N-Go®, the nation’s original electric hoist and interchangeable truck body company, offers the ideal product to increase the versatility and functionality of electric work trucks while increasing the safety of work crews. By installing one...

Commercial Vehicle Business Summit Spring 2023: Futurish of Commercial

On May 10-11, 2023, Work Truck Solutions will host the Commercial Vehicle Business Summit (CVBS), Spring 2023, the only major summit dedicated to growing the commercial vehicle industry. Although nobody has a crystal ball to know what next month, next quarter, or next year will bring, it’s still important to...

Work Truck Week 2023: This Big March Event had Nothing to do with Basketball

Work Truck Week 2023: This Big March Event had Nothing to do with Basketball

By Steve Henning If you follow college basketball, you know there’s a big event in March that teams and fans look forward to each year. But if you follow the commercial vehicle business – which, of course you do since you’re reading this – you know this industry has a...

Coach Ken: A New World

By Ken Taylor, Commercial Truck Training I recently returned from a national meeting that was eye opening! I had the opportunity to interact with manufacturers, dealers, and support industries to the commercial and fleet dealers across the nation. Knowing that I worked directly with commercial and fleet dealers nationwide, the...

Dealership Success: Planning Ahead in the Green

By Shawn Horsewill, VP Customer Success, Work Truck Solutions The Green Truck Summit (GTS) is an annual day-long event which kicks off the Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and features intensive programs led by industry experts, OEMs and government representatives. It typically begins with a few keynotes, and they then...

Cup O Joe: WELL…YOU ARE DIFFERENT!

I can’t say it often enough.  Nobody outside your office door, or away from your desk, understands you.  You don’t sell the way “they” do.  You don’t have just the finance options “they” have (you have more).  You don’t expect to “sell from stock” the way “they” do.  You don’t...

WTS: Slowly Increasing Inventory and Continued Demand Fuel Commercial Vehicle Industry

Steady Predictable Trends a Welcome Phenomenon in Light of Tumultuous History Chico, CA, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Work Truck Solutions®, the leading authority on commercial vehicles, today released their Q1, 2023 Commercial Vehicle Market Analysis. The slow but steady increase of inventory available from OEMs is affecting commercial vehicle...

Work Truck Week® 2023 wrap-up video

North America’s largest work truck event was back to full strength at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis last month. Attendance returned to pre-pandemic levels, setting a new record with a 17% increase over the 2022 event. Read more at: https://www.ntea.com/NTEA/Member_benefits/Industry_leading_news/NTEANewsarticles/April-2023/WTW23-Thats-a-wrap.aspx Sign up for event updates at: https://www.worktruckweek.com/wtw24signup

SCELZI INC: NO COMPROMISE ON MATERIALS of CONSTRUCTION

As Spring approaches and the traumatic weather patterns of early 2023 settle down to something a bit less exciting, truck body builders are faced with the classic “Good News vs Bad News” scenario. The Good News is that Ford is almost back to full-time scheduling of chassis cabs to dealers...