Overview
US multinational truck and bus manufacturer known for its International and IC Bus brands. Founded in 1986 as the successor to International Harvester , Navistar produces medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks, proprietary diesel engines, and school buses. The company partnered with TuSimple on SAE Level 4 autonomous truck development before being acquired by Traton SE (Volkswagen Group) in July 2021 for USD 3.7 billion.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
Last CEO
Acquired by
Acquisition Price
Autonomous Partnership
Brands
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Navistar International on the deployment map
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Relationships
Former / Previously (1)
- Mathias Carlbaum CEO & Presidentsecondary-verified
Safety record
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Incidents affecting Navistar International (1)
- NHTSA recalls Navistar International MV trucks over fire risk2023-06-15 · Recall
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Recent coverage
Navistar International in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting period
- ? to 2020-10-31
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships (1)
- Navistar x TuSimple autonomous truck partnership with TuSimpledevelopmentdissolved
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 20, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedJun 15, 2023
NHTSA recalls Navistar International MV trucks over fire risk
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-27
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-27
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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Methodology surface for Navistar International.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Navistar International from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
International and PlusAI accelerate Level 4 autonomous truck development powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Hyperion platform - International Newsroom
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TuSimple, Navistar call off autonomous partnership
TuSimple and Navistar ended their autonomous truck development partnership, dissolving the strategic alliance that aimed to produce SAE Level 4 self-driving trucks by 2024.
TRATON GROUP Successfully Completes Navistar Merger
Traton SE completed its acquisition of Navistar International for USD 44.50 per share, making Navistar a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group commercial truck division.
Navistar and TuSimple Partner to Bring Autonomous Trucks to Market
Navistar and TuSimple announced a strategic partnership to co-develop SAE Level 4 self-driving trucks targeted for production by 2024, with Navistar taking a minority stake in…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/navistar.md
- RSS feed: /companies/navistar/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4d206b10-2c56-43a6-8987-aedb075783de
- Revision history: /companies/navistar/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Navistar International against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 27, 2026