Freightliner confirms its leading position in heavy utility vehicles in the USA
- The US heavy utility vehicle market reached 460,000 vehicles in the first 11 months of 2023, which augurs a market of 500,000 vehicles for the whole year. This volume is one of the best of the decade, as 476,000 units were recorded in 2022, 462,000 in 2021 and 410,000 in 2020. Volumes from 2014 to 2018 oscillated between 400,000 and 490,000 sales. Only the year 2019 exceeded 500,000 sales, with a volume of 527,000 units, a record figure for the period 2013-2023.
- The US heavy utility vehicle market is divided into 13 different brands integrated into 10 groups, making it a very concentrated market. The sales leader remains the Freightliner brand, which belongs to the German group Daimler Trucks, with 136,448 sales over 11 months 2023, representing 30% of the US heavy-duty truck market. In second position, but well behind, the International brand which belongs to the German Volkswagen group sold 66,218 HUV, representing 14% of the market.
- Ford is third, with 64,253 sales, representing 14% of the market, ahead of the Paccar group's Peterbilt and Kenworth brands, which each occupy 9% of the US heavy-duty market, or 18% for the Paccar group as a whole.
- In sixth position, Volvo Trucks occupies 6% of the market. Its subsidiary Mack Trucks occupies 4% of the market, which totals 10% of the market for the Volvo Trucks group. Two Japanese carmakers are included in this ranking, Isuzu and Hino, representing 5% of the US market. The Chrysler group still occupies 4% of the US heavy-duty market. The GM group now represents only 3% of the US heavy-duty truck market. Tesla is starting out in this heavy-duty market, with 180 units sold over 11 months of 2023.