
The Star Nation Experience from Western Star tests skill, showcases safety tech, and celebrates the backbone of vocational trucking.
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Freightliner's fifth generation Cascadia tractor is a study in evolution -- not transformation. And that's just the way DTNA wants it.
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Just in time for ATA's Management Conference in Nashville, Daimler Truck North America rolled out the latest generation of its popular Cascadia Class 8 highway tractor.
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Western Star is now including added safety features as standard equipment on its vocational trucks, the 47X and the 49X. Detroit Assurance Active Brake Assist and a backup safety system are now added.
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Active Side Guard Assist detects moving objects in the path of a right-hand turn at speeds below 12 mph and applies the brakes.
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Detroit has added active speed intervention, lane assist with automatic braking, and brake hold mode to the Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems.
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HDT’s Top 20 products this year clearly illustrate how technology is increasingly being used to help address fleet issues such as maintenance, safety, productivity, and fuel economy.
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Daimler’s optional Level 2 technologies, Lane Keep Assist and ACC to Zero, will make drivers’ jobs easier and likely a little safer — if they don’t abuse them. Jim Park reports on his experience with the latest Detroit technology on a Freightliner Cascadia.
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Daimler Trucks North America has announced that the Detroit Assurance 4.0 collision mitigation system and Meritor EX+L air disc brakes are standard on all new Freightliner Cascadia truck models.
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In part 2 of Equipment Editor Jim Park's test drive of the Detroit Assurance automatic safety systems, he explores the benefits of Intelligent Powertrain Management, which helps the truck operate in the most fuel-efficient manner possible.
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