DTNA Brings Cascadia to Down Under Markets
Daimler Trucks North America announced Nov. 22 the availability of the right-hand drive Freightliner Cascadia for Australian and New Zealand markets.
November 25, 2019Alliance Parts Expands Offerings, Retail Footprint
Alliance Parts, a unit of Daimler Trucks North America, announced it expanded its parts portfolio and increased its retail footprint with the goal of delivering parts in 24 hours or less.
July 22, 2019Trucking Firms Large and Small Urged to Think Electric
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Regional trucking firms should take a good long look at electric trucks, experts in the industry said.
April 24, 2019Daimler Posts Lower Earnings Despite Record Truck Sales
Daimler AG, citing regulatory and trade headwinds, reported a decline in net income for the fourth quarter and full 2018 while revenue inched up in both periods amid an all-time record for global truck sales.
February 6, 2019Daimler Delivers Freightliner Electric Truck to Penske
Daimler Trucks North America on Dec. 20 delivered to Penske Truck Leasing the first in a series of electric trucks Penske plans to deploy in California and the Pacific Northwest.
December 20, 2018Daimler Reports Lower 3Q Results Despite Gains in North American Truck Sales
Daimler AG reported lower net income and revenue in the third quarter despite gains at its North American truck business. The company — the world’s largest luxury car manufacturer also is the largest truck maker — had forecast the results in recently released guidance.
October 25, 2018Redesigned Sprinter Offers Enhanced Suite of Technologies
HANOVER, Germany — The redesigned Sprinter van from Daimler Trucks and Buses gives commercial customers a suite of technologies that offers a way for fleet managers, vehicles and drivers to stay connected via a system tailored to their needs, the company said during the IAA Commercial Vehicles show.
September 25, 2018DTNA Selects Penske, NFI to Test Vehicle Electrification
Daimler Trucks North America announced Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries will operate the first trucks in its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet of battery-electric eCascadia heavy-duty trucks and eM2 106 medium-duty trucks beginning late this year.
June 28, 2018Daimler Plans Automated Truck Research Center in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — Daimler Trucks is opening an automated truck research and development center here at its North American headquarters to help pave the way for highly automated commercial vehicles.
June 6, 2018Daimler Recalls More Than 400,000 Trucks Over Potential Brake Light Issue
Daimler Trucks North America announced it is recalling 436,095 heavy-duty trucks over a potential brake-light-related issue that could fail to alert trailing motorists to a braking event.
December 14, 2017