Build a customer Freightliner M2 106 medium-duty truck using Daimler Trucks North America LLC’s new online configurator tool. This step-by-step program gives you different options for your truck and you can see how the end results look before it’s done. Some of the options include mirrors, interior seating, box type,…
Daimler Trucks North America has opened its 10th parts distribution center just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. This center stocks over 10,000 parts within a 268,000 square-foot space for all of the DTNA dealers in the Southwest region. This new facility, along with others opening over the past five years, Daimler…
Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are testing automated trucks with SAE Level 4 intent technology on Virginia’s public roads. Currently, all automated runs must have a trained safety driver, who has a CDL, to be on board the truck, along with an engineer. Both are trained and certified by Daimler…
Martin Daum, the soon to be new CEO of Daimler Trucks and Buses, is launching “Transportation Matters” the first CEO podcast in the industry. This monthly podcast will be launched September 4 on many available channels. International guests will be interviewed and they will be discussing a wide array of…
Daimler Trucks North America out of Cleveland, North Carolina, has marked a Freightliner new Cascadia as its 750,000th vehicle produced. During a ceremony at the facility, representatives from United Parcel Service (UPS) were presented with the keys. The plant was acquired in 1989 and currently employees more than 2,200 people….
The class 8 battery electric Freightliner eCascadia, built by Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), is its first class 8 battery electric truck and it’s ready to roll out to customers. Daimler’s first two eCascadias are headed to Penske Truck Leasing in Reading, Pennsylvania and NFI of Camden, New Jersey. With…