INTERNATIONAL BLOWS UP The Entire Truck Market With Latest Announcement!

International just told the state of Ohio it will terminate 1,341 workers at a Springfield truck plant that has stood for more than a hundred years, and the buyer taking that factory over doesn't build trucks at all. This is the story of how a 124-year-old American truck brand, the company once known as Navistar and International Harvester, ended up handing its oldest plant to a defense contractor while its own parent company reported a recovery. We break down the four moves International, now International Motors and owned by Volkswagen's Traton, made through the 2026 freight recession: 300 corporate layoffs, the cancelled eRH electric truck and its write-off of about 149 million dollars, a shift and roughly 900 jobs cut in Mexico, and the sale of the Springfield, Ohio assembly plant to Canadian armored-vehicle maker Roshel, ending around 1,341 jobs and sunsetting the International CV series. Then we look at the numbers that make it strange, International truck sales down about 30% on the year while Traton's order book climbed 125%, and why the downturn gave the company cover to make permanent cuts. Following the trucking industry one company at a time. Subscribe for the next breakdown:    / @roadtocrisis_rtc   This isn't only International. Volvo, Mack, Daimler, Freightliner, PACCAR, Peterbilt and Kenworth are all running the same playbook through the worst freight downturn in half a century. If you drive one of these trucks, run a fleet, or turn wrenches for a living, here's what the layoffs, plant closures and tariffs actually mean for parts, resale value, dealer support, and the future of American truck manufacturing.