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Western Star's 2025 Star Nation event.
Newsby Lauren FletcherAugust 13, 2025

Skill Meets Technology at the 2025 Star Nation Experience

The Star Nation Experience from Western Star tests skill, showcases safety tech, and celebrates the backbone of vocational trucking.

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Six men stand in front of a Western Star truck marked “850K” at DTNA’s Cleveland plant, holding a ceremonial key for the 850,000th truck delivered to Alamo Group for snow and ice operations.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 11, 2025

Daimler Truck Celebrates 850,000th Truck Built in North Carolina

Daimler Truck North America marked the production of its 850,000th truck at its Cleveland, North Carolina, manufacturing plant, delivering the Western Star 47X to Alamo Group for snow and ice operations.

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Coretura software defined vehicle development joint venture leadership.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 19, 2025

Volvo Group and Daimler Truck Launch Software-Defined Vehicle Joint Venture

The Volvo Group and Daimler Truck have created a joint venture that will focus on the development of software-defined commercial vehicles.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2025

Western Star Recall: Battery Connection Could Cause Fire

More than 21,500 Western Star 47X and 49X trucks are being recalled because of a risk of fire caused by an incorrectly installed battery connection.

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Joanna Buttler, general manager, product strategy and market development, Daimler Truck North America.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 14, 2025

DTNA Taps Joanna Buttler as General Manager, Product Strategy and Market Development

Most recently, Buttler served as head of DTNA’s Global Autonomous Technology Group, where she set the global autonomous technology strategy for Daimler Truck.

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HDT Talks Trucking: Connor Hudziak
Videosby Jack RobertsApril 25, 2025

How Western Star Helped a Young Gamer Become a Trucker

Connor Hudziak loves playing the "American Truck Simulator" computer game. Little did he know his passion for the game -- and trucking -- would change his life.

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5th Generation Freightliner Cascadia.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 11, 2025

Freightliner Opens Order Book for the 5th Generation Cascadia

Orders for the Fifth Generation Cascadia can be placed at more than 380 full-service Freightliner dealers across the U.S. and Canada.

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Speakers at ACT Expo 2024.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 19, 2025

ACT Expo Announces 2025 Speaker Lineup

ACT Expo’s 2025 speakers will prepare fleets for the road ahead amid technology and industry evolution.

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Freightliner M2 truck.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 6, 2025

Geotab and Daimler Truck Announce Enhanced Connectivity for Cummins Powertrains

Geotab and Daimler Truck North America have announced a partnership that will deliver advanced OEM integration for Freightliner trucks equipped with Cummins powertrains.

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Torc Dallas hub.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseJanuary 15, 2025

Torc Establishes Autonomous Truck Hub in Dallas Area

Torc has signed a lease agreement for a new autonomous truck hub in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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