When Roger Nielsen took the reins as president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America in April 2017, the “new” Freightliner Cascadia had just rolled off the production line, platooning technology was still a future […]
Fuso has announced it has launched the all-electric version of its light duty truck, the eCanter, becoming the first OEM to launch a truck like this under its own brand in Australia. It follows the […]
Daimler Truck Australia has announced its first all-electric truck, the Fuso eCanter has completed its extensive local testing program and is set to be launched in Australia later this month. Daimler says the local testing […]
Tesla has appointed a former Daimler Trucks North America senior executive as its new head of heavy truck operations as the controversial electric vehicle maker ramps up to a a launch for its heavy truck […]
Daimler has announced that Dandenong’s Whitehorse Truck Centre has become the 10th Elite Support certified dealer in its Australia Pacific network. Daimler says its Elite Support is a joint initiative between it and its dealer […]
Daimler and Cummins have announced they have inked an agreement that will see the two companies work together globally on medium-duty commercial vehicle engines. The MOU will see Cummins set up an engine plant within […]
The world’s largest heavy truck and bus maker, Daimler, has announced it has enlisted Amazon to help with testing its Level 4 self-driving autonomous trucks. Daimler subsidiary Torc Robotics, which specialises in vehicle automation software, […]
Daimler Truck’s Board of Management has appointed John O’Leary as the next president and chief executive officer of Daimler Trucks North America, effective on the 1st April . O’Leary will succeed Roger Nielsen as the […]
While it was announced recently that Daimler Trucks will be spun off by its parent group later this year, the head of the union representative works council, Michael Brecht said that the company should invest […]
Daimler Trucks North America has announced a new proprietary electric drive train which it is calling the ‘Detroit ePowertrain’ which it says will be used to power the upcoming Freightliner eCascadia and Freightliner eM2. The […]
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