Trucking news and briefs for Friday, April 3, 2020:
Volvo offering special finance program
Volvo Financial Services is offering U.S. customers a new finance program on the purchase or lease of a model year 2019 or 2020 Volvo VNL, VNR, VNX or VHD model.
The “Hammer Down 2.0” program extends the first payment for 60 days for qualified buyers of VNL, VNR and VNX models and for 90 days for VHD models.
Additionally, for model year 2019 trucks, customers can receive up to $5,000 payment credit on initial monthly installment or lease payments, and up to $3,000 for 2020 models.
Daycab models will also receive an engine plan and purchased Engine Aftermarket (EATS) coverage for three years or 300,000 miles. VNL, VNR and VNX sleeper models will receive an engine plan and purchased EATS coverage for 4 years or 500,000 miles.
FMCSA offers guidance for truckers amid state, local shelter-in-place restrictions
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued new guidance Wednesday directed at states and other governing bodies issuing shelter-in-place orders and other restrictions in regard to truck drivers who are delivering in areas hit hardest by the COVID-19 coronavirus.
FMCSA is suggesting that governments consider the fact that the Department of Homeland Security has identified truck and bus drivers, dispatchers, maintenance and repair technicians, warehouse workers, truck stop workers and more as essential workers when determining whether to allow them to remain exempt from shelter-in-place orders.
