If truck manufacturers are worried about getting a return on their investment in alternative powertrains, news of orders like this should help them feel a little more relieved. It’s been confirmed that the food-service giant, […]
A Freightliner Cascadia 116 has hit the highway for steel construction product supplier Stramit and its freight partner Glen Cameron Group. The new truck (as seen above), is the fifth Cascadia to join the stable […]
The Freightliner Cascadia is becoming an increasingly common sight on Aussie roads, the big unit though is only offered here with diesel propulsion. In North America, operators can opt for an electric version known as […]
Daimler has applauded the Federal Government’s announcement that it will make Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) for mandatory on trucks and buses over 3.5-tonne GVM but the manufacturer has made a statement encouraging customers to […]
Freightliner has announced it has appointed its current national marketing manager, Rhett Beere’s as national sales and operations manager. The company says that Beere has worked within the automotive industry for more than 18 years in a […]
Freightliner has announced it will introduce a head-protecting side airbag on its Cascadia heavy duty truck in Australia later this year, which the company says will ‘further extend its safety leadership in the conventional truck […]
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has briefed American journalists on the status of the company’s efforts and its new collaborations with both Torc Robotics and Waymo on autonomous vehicles. DTNA’s Autonomous Vehicles director and project leader […]
Freightliner has been doing all the ground work to launch its new Cascadia model to Australia and while there have been some delays in trucks arriving from the North Carolina factory in the USA, som […]
US electric and zero emission vehicle specialist Proterra, has entered another collaboration with a Daimler subsidiary, announcing it is teaming up with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp (FCCC) to develop the MT50e, a new all-electric delivery truck […]
Daimler Truck division is planning to further cut costs to counter weakening global demand and to cope with the financial burden of investments in new technologies like electric and self-driving vehicles. “We want to and […]
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