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MEDIUM WELL DONE – FREIGHTLINER UNVEILS NEW ELECTRIC MEDIUM DUTY IN USA

May 10, 2023 Jon Thomson

Daimler Trucks North America’s star brand Freightliner has  unveiled its series production eM2 medium duty truck  for urban pick-up and delivery applications,  saying that. the truck is now available for North American customers to order with the […]

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POWER DEFECIT – DTNA BOSS SAYS CHARGING SHORTFALL IS LIMITING ELECTRIC TRUCK TAKE-UP

February 1, 2023 Jon Thomson

Daimler Truck North America boss John O’Leary has declared that charging infrastructure will be the key issue limiting further expansion of electric vehicle growth in the trucking industry, and reckons that Daimler could be selling […]

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MONSTER ORDER FOR FREIGHTLINER ECASCADIA

May 26, 2022 Joel Helmes

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, […]

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SAFETY CREDENTIALS STEER STRAMIT TO FREIGHTLINER

May 19, 2022 Joel Helmes

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 […]

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UPDATED FREIGHTLINER ECASCADIA SHOWN

May 11, 2022 Joel Helmes

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 […]

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CASCADIA IS MOST ECONOMICAL BONNETED TRUCK SAYS OPERATOR – NO FUELLING!

November 9, 2021 Staff Writer

When Daimler Trucks Australia  hosted the Australian transport trade press in the USA in 2019, to introduce the Freightliner Cascadia, the headline story  was the exceptional fuel economy US operators were attaining with Cascadia’s on […]

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CASCADIA IS MAKING BREAD FOR GRAIN CONTRACTOR

July 7, 2021 Jon Thomson

It is fair to say Freightliner’s flagship Cascadia has not yet enjoyed the sales success that many believed it would. That is not to say that it won’t, but,  with  various hurdles and challenges imposed […]

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DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA OPENS ORDER BOOKS ON FIRST ELECTRIC OFFERINGS

April 15, 2021 Jon Thomson

Daimler Trucks North America has announced that it has opened its order books for its first two all-electric trucks – the Freightliner eCascadia and Freightliner eM2  which it says will be hitting US roads next […]

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DTNA ANNOUNCES ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN AND MULTI MILLION INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING

February 9, 2021 Jon Thomson

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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CASCADIA SAFETY PACKAGE MAJOR SELLING POINT FOR CLEARY BROS

October 14, 2020 Jon Thomson

Freightliner’s new Cascadia has found  favour with prominent NSW South Coast operator, Cleary Bros Transport which says. That  the new truck’s safety package was a major factor in adding it to the fleet. The iconic […]

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