Daimler Trucks North America presented the keys to its first two production eCascadia battery-electric tractors to Penske and NFI on Aug. 21 in Napa Valley, California.
As part its commitment to customer experience, Daimler Trucks North America has created an entirely new customer experience organization, naming Paul Romanaggi as chief CX officer.
In Josh Switkes’ view, it's way too premature to write truck platooning off as a dead end technology. And HDT Senior Editor Jack Roberts agrees with that point.
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.
Why Torc Robotics CEO Michael Fleming he thinks autonomous technology will make its initial inroads in long-haul fleets, and how the technology will make truck drivers' lives better inside of a decade.
Daimler Trucks says it's going to have highly automated trucks in production within a decade, and it's launched a new global business unit to help make it happen.
Daimler’s Detroit Assurance 5.0 includes an optional lane keep assist feature that helps drivers keep from drifting out of the lane or off the road. Using a camera-based setup, the system will self-steer the truck keeping it between the lines and can make minor corrections for crosswinds and vehicle alignment.
Explaining the need to restructure, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG Manfred Bischoff said that it is necessary to achieve the company’s “ambition to be a leader in the new era of mobility."
One of the new features of Daimler’s Detroit Assurance 5.0 relieves drivers of the stress of managing stop and go traffic. It’s called Adaptive Cruise Control Down to Zero. All the driver has to do is steer and keep an eye out for lane cutters.
Daimler Trucks has acquired a majority stake in Torc Robotics as part of a strategy that will see the United States become the focus of the company’s autonomous technology development efforts.