Equipment Freightliner co-creating electric vehicles with customers March 6, 2019 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Freightliner’s electrification strategy involves staying close to customers and having them actively participate in the design process through a concept called co-creation. Greg Treinen, advanced technology marketing…
Equipment Freightliner, Western Star offer OOIDA rebates May 25, 2018 PORTLAND, Ore. – Members of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) are eligible for rebates on qualifying new Western Star and Freightliner truck models. Qualifying used trucks at SelecTrucks Centers…
Human Resources Freightliner honors top sales reps December 14, 2017 PORTLAND, Ore. – Freightliner Trucks recently recognized its top dealers sales representatives, including 19 from Canada. The program recognizes and rewards excellent sales results, with the top 44 sales pros…
Equipment Freightliner reveals more options for new Cascadia September 25, 2017 ATLANTA, Ga. – Freightliner has taken orders for 25,000 new Cascadia models in about a year, something that took three years to achieve with the truck’s predecessor, the classic Cascadia.
Transportation Freightliner names Edmonton one of North America’s hardest working cities February 4, 2016 EDMONTON, Alta. — Edmonton has been declared by Freightliner to be one of North America’s hardest working cities. It joins New York City, Charlotte, N.C. and Seattle-Tacoma as the 2016…
Equipment Riding in Freightliner’s autonomous Inspiration Truck May 6, 2015 LAS VEGAS, Nev. — After a flashy prime time introduction of its Inspiration Truck atop the Hoover Dam, Freightliner today offered further details on how the world’s first road-legal autonomous…
Equipment Freightliner’s autonomous Inspiration Truck debuts in record-setting fashion May 6, 2015 A spectacular display on the Hoover Dam ushered in what could potentially be a new era for trucking
Equipment Daimler makes history with first license for autonomous commercial truck to operate on public highway May 5, 2015 The first state license plate is installed on an autonomous commercial truck for use on a U.S. Public Highway. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Commercial trucking history was made today…
Equipment Freightliner to recognize hardest working cities March 4, 2015 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The host of the NTEA Work Truck Show was recognized as the first of Freightliner’s Hardest Working Cities, part of a new promotion intended to reward hard…
Equipment Detroit demonstrates integrated suite of active safety systems November 14, 2014 MIAMI, Fla. — Detroit demonstrated for the first time its new suite of active safety systems, dubbed Detroit Assurance. The new safety platform will initially offer radar-based adaptive cruise control…
Business Management FREIGHTLINER’S VOCATIONAL FOCUS PAYING OFF August 4, 2014 Four years ago, at a press event in Napa Valley, Calif., Freightliner declared it was going to get serious about the vocational truck market. The company said it wouldn’t rest…
Equipment Freightliner announces new options for vocational trucks July 30, 2014 NAPA VALLEY, Cali. — Freightliner, in its ongoing quest to control the vocational truck market, has added new options to its M2 and SD truck models. “We are dedicated to…
Equipment How Freightliner conquered the vocational truck market July 30, 2014 Five years ago, Freightliner set out to become a vocational truck leader. Now it claims it has accomplished that goal. Here's how they did it.
Business Management Freightliner looks to limit downtime to three days, max July 30, 2014 NAPA VALLEY, Cali. — Freightliner has set an internal goal to limit the downtime of its vehicles to no more than three days, for even major repairs. Richard Howard, the…
Equipment Cummins testing new E-85 medium-duty engine July 14, 2014 COLUMBUS, Ind. – Cummins Inc. has teamed with the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a new ethanol-sipping power plant. The Ethos 2.8 E85 is a medium-duty truck engine that…
