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Newsby StaffSeptember 30, 2020

Knight-Swift Sets Green Goals, Tests Electric Truck

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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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2020

Schneider Enters Freightliner’s Customer Experience

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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Articlesby Stephane BabcockAugust 20, 2020

UPS Moves Down Electric Truck Path with New eCascadia

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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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks North America ‘Not Standing Still’ on Electric Trucks

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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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2020

Freightliner Logs 300,000 Battery-Electric Miles

Freightliner’s Innovation Fleet recently accumulated more than 300,000 miles in real-world use by customers.

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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2020

Daimler Truck Financial Offers New Finance Options

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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Newsby David CullenMarch 5, 2020

Electric Dreams vs. Current Realities

“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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Newsby StaffMarch 3, 2020

Electric Freightliner Customer Experience Fleet Hits the Road

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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Newsby David CullenMarch 2, 2020

Daimler Trucks North America Switching from Brand-Centric to ‘Segment Strategy’

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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Photo Galleriesby StaffFebruary 26, 2020

A Walk Around TMC's 2020 Annual Meeting

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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