
Knight-Swift Transportation announced it plans to cut its carbon emissions in half by the year 2035 and is testing a Freightliner eCascadia electric truck.
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Schneider is the newest fleet to join the all-electric Freightliner Customer Experience, an ongoing initiative to deploy electric trucks in real-world applications.
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Recently, UPS dipped its toes a little deeper into the electric truck market with the acquisition of a Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric Class 8 truck.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected Daimler Trucks North America’s work on medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks, and despite production shutdowns due to the pandemic, the company is back to building vehicles at the same rate it was before the pandemic hit.
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Freightliner’s Innovation Fleet recently accumulated more than 300,000 miles in real-world use by customers.
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Daimler Truck Financial (DTF) is rolling out a new finance program for Freightliner and Western Star vocational trucks that offers qualified buyers up to 120 days to make their first payment.
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“Diesel will be here for a long while, and [knowing] total cost of ownership remains the main motivator of acceptance for battery-electric and fuel-cell trucks.” That was the message of Sean Waters, Daimler Trucks North America’s vice president of Product Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, speaking at the Green Truck Summit.
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Eight new Freightliner electric trucks will soon go into the hands of fleet customers, which will help the OEM evaluate their performance in real-world trucking applications.
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Daimler Trucks North America is moving from a traditional brand-centric product strategy for its Freightliner and Western Star operations to a "segment-based" business structure to better serve vocational and on-highway customers.
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HDT editors made their way around February's Technology and Maintenance Council Annual Meeting in Atlanta, snapping some shots to give you a peek into this leading industry event.
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