Daimler

Daimler Truck North America is the latest trucking-related company to get hit with a nuclear verdict.

Daimler Truck recalling 64,064 units for possible steering loss

“There is an urgent demand for new and innovative ways to increase visibility and efficiencies in the supply chain and improve driver experience, and this investment from our new and existing partners is going to power us to fill that need,” says Platform Science co-founder and CEO Jack Kennedy.

New Legend announced plans Monday to switch all of the company’s local running lanes to an entirely all-electric fleet by 2023.

On this episode of Transmission, Sebastian Blanco dives into the world of electrification of trucks from the perspective of one of America’s premier truck makers.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, diesel fuel prices are rising across the country. Plus, the Postal Service could be getting a makeover; Forward Air talks cyberattacks; and TFI discusses its plans for UPS Freight.

The German automaker wants to put all its time and energy into R&D and building infrastructure that supports the production of EVs, such as plant improvements and equipment upgrades.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC announces changes, tapping of loan agreement, plus Landstar’s CFO suddenly stepped down and FreightWaves gets ready to kick off the two-day LIVE @HOME virtual event.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, peak season could be among the most volatile in years if current data trends continue. Plus, grading the success of the president, and Amazon’s logistics network just keeps growing.

ABEJA has developed proprietary tools to ensure that its AI Consulting engagements do not metastasize into endless ordeals.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, an autonomous trucking startup is in search of funding, robots are taking over warehouses, and trucking still rules the freight world.

Sales of commercial trucks in Mexico fell 46.8% in March, according to Mexico’s National Association of Manufacturers of Buses, Trucks and Tractor-trucks

Customers and society are demanding more environmentally friendly vehicles, including electric, and manufacturers are trying to meet those demands with smart business decisions that meet the key imperative of any commercial vehicle: to make money.

As more and more carriers close up shop, leasing equipment has become a gamble that some companies may not want to take.

Although it’s over 120 years old, there’s nothing ‘sprightly’ about Daimler. It’s a technological disrupter, automotive standard-setter and one of the FreightTech 25!

The departure raises questions about legacy auto companies aiming to compete with new entrants in the mobility sector.

This week: Electric trucks deployed in Australia; new distribution center in Far North Queensland; high compliance rates with fatigue regulations; and container terminal truck charges.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Transport Expo showcases Mexico’s trucking industry; Texas and Mexico officials host meeting to […]

KeepTruckin has released a camera that records both on-highway and inside the cab for those fleets looking for more driver monitoring options.

Global economic slowdown has led to massive decrease in foreign real estate investment; ecommerce continues rapid growth; global auto industry slowdown might see drop in OEM earnings.

Daimler provides lower financial guidance for the second time in less than a month.

Daimler Trucks is betting big on autonomous trucks, as the German-based company announced Wednesday, May 29, that it is establishing a global group that seeks to put highly automated commercial trucks on U.S. highways within the next 10 years.

Plus: WalMart opens transportation office; farewell to the Smart car.

Fleet owners are being fed data through a fire hose and need better tools and support  to make sense of it all, agreed a panel of experts during a connectivity solutions forum held at ACTEXPO this morning.   

Daimler Trucks is buying a majority stake in Torc Robotics, another play in the company’s efforts to expand its presence in the self-driving commercial vehicle market.

China ramps up its pork import from the U.S.; Lyft is all set for its IPO; Saudi Arabia looks to push oil prices to over $70 per barrel.

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 3,300 heavy-duty Freightliner Cascadia trucks because of a potential air bag glitch in the steering wheel, which could unexpectedly deploy.

Now Group, an autonomous mobility services company created by a partnership between BMW and Daimler, is expected to shape the future of urban mobility and benefit from the opportunities offered by digitalization, shared services, and increasing mobility needs of consumers.

The 2020 model year Freightliner New Cascadia features technologies that qualify it as a Level 2 autonomous, but drivers shouldn’t be scared off by that.

General Motors plans to go all-electric in the future but does not expect profits until early next decade; Amazon is all set to move into the last-mile delivery segment; Tesla and Mercedes-Benz might collaborate over electric van development.

January new truck orders have fallen 26 percent from December, continuing a trend that has developed after record-breaking months last year.

Plus: AVs shrouded in secrecy; Puget Sound congestion relief

“We’re doing this with real commercial shippers and real cargo,”

Judging from the number of business exhibitors showing here for the first time, CES might well be rebranded as “UTS2019” – the Ubiquitous Technology Show.

Daimler will put a level four truck on the road in the U.S. this year, Daimler Trucks CEO Martin Daum said during a speech this morning at the Keep Memory Alive Center.

Daimler kicked off its CES presentations with a ride and drive event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and a workshop on the company’s EV strategy.

The FreightWaves Research Institute has announced the list of 55 voters who will be choosing the inaugural winners of the Freight.Tech 25 awards, and it’s who’s who of freight leaders.

Realizing the need for its customers to have easy access to and use of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the future, Penske Truck Leasing has joined the global Charging Interface Initiative e.V. association.

Daimler has decided to stop production of a certain type of diesel engine till it clears issues regarding NOx emissions that slightly exceed maximum threshold values.

Fleets ordered 41,800 new trucks in the month of June, making last month the busiest June on record. OEM stock prices rose on the news, and their order backlogs continued to lengthen.

Irrespective of who wins the race to deploy the first fully autonomous vehicles, the unanimous view was that in the future, size is going to matter and carriers/OEMs will need balance sheets to be able to survive.

Geely, owner of Volvo Cars, has acquired a stake in Daimler AG and it has upset AB Volvo, which has decided not to put Volvo Cars’ chief executive up for re-election to its board.

Daimler in association with Loadsmart is launching its custom digital platform for its contracted freight carriers in the U.S. to match them with the company’s spot loads.

Even trucking original equipment manufacturers are not immune to spot freight volatility. Because of that, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), is working to shore up its supply chain relationship with contracted freight carriers through a new digital platform.

The Canadian province of Ontario has announced an electric truck rebate of 60% of the incremental purchase cost compared to an equivalent conventional fuel vehicle, up to a cap of CA$75,000 per vehicle, under the new Green Commercial Vehicle Program.

Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz Vans brand has introduced its third-generation Sprinter van at an event in Stuttgart, Germany. The van features many of the iconic attributes it always has, but has added new connectivity to further improve its utilization.

Van and refrigerated spot rates remain near historic levels, according to the latest data from DAT. The firm said the national average van rate fell 1 cent to $2.06 per mile, but remains just 3 cents below the post-hurricane peak of early October.

Former Tesla shareholder Daimler seems intent on upstaging the upstart with its own electric truck program, reports Bloomberg. Weeks before Tesla is set to unveil its own electric vehicle, Daimler introduced its own model, the E-Fuso Vision One.

The never-ending story of whether port truckers should be contractors or employees is facing a new battlefront as two councilmen for the city of Los Angeles have introduced a bill that would bar trucking companies from serving the ports if they use independent contractors.

The only group of employees in C.R. England’s 8,000-plus workforce that is part of a union has voted to decertify Teamsters Local 705. Drivers in C.R. England’s Chicago Intermodal division, which represented less than 1% of the company’s employees, voted on Sept. 20 to leave the union.

Daimler has been given permission by the Oregon Department of Transportation to test truck platooning on the roads of Oregon following successful trials in Madras, OR. The company has said it will first test the platooning technology on two connected heavy-duty Cascadias in the first step called “pairing.”

Hino Trucks will expand its product offerings to include Class 8 vehicles, starting in 2019, the company said this week.

A wide-ranging morning-television style event to kick off its participation in the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta ended with a bit of an electric vehicle tease from Roger Nielsen, president & CEO, Daimler Trucks North America.

Daimler’s trucking arm has confirmed an investment in Israel-based tech startup StoreDot. The investment will help StoreDot commercialize its quick-charging, CEO Doron Myersdorf told TechCrunch.

After several years in development, Daimler Trucks unveiled its electric Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter yesterday at a ceremony in New York City. The first trucks have been delivered to UPS and four New York City-based NGOs.

Siemens has been awarded a contract by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead catenary line to run electric trucks along. The line will be built on a 10 kilometer stretch of the A5 federal autobahn.

According to a report in a German newspaper, Daimler has now been swept up in the emissions cheating scandals that have been raging across Europe in recent years.

After months of talking about his $1 trillion infrastructure improvement plan, President Donald Trump is finally set to unveil more details on the proposal today. Also, transportation’s best CEOs and there were fewer trucking jobs in May.