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Freightliner Corporation
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Freightliner, Western Star offer OOIDA rebates
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 are also eligible. Customers must be OOIDA members for 90…
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Freightliner honors top sales reps
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 and seven sales managers honored at a special awards ceremony.…
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Freightliner reveals more options for new Cascadia
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. Richard Howard, senior vice-president of sales and marketing with Daimler…
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Freightliner names Edmonton one of North America’s hardest working cities
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 recipients. The Hardest Working Cities program from Freightliner honours cities…
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Riding in Freightliner’s autonomous Inspiration Truck
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 truck works, and how it will benefit the North American…
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Freightliner’s autonomous Inspiration Truck debuts in record-setting fashion
A spectacular display on the Hoover Dam ushered in what could potentially be a new era for trucking
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Daimler makes history with first license for autonomous commercial truck to operate on public highway
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Commercial trucking history was made today in the sunshine of the Nevada desert as state governor Brian Sandoval officially granted the first license for an autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway in…
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Freightliner to recognize hardest working cities
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 work, investment and innovation. Freightliner announced the new program at…
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Detroit demonstrates integrated suite of active safety systems
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 (ACC) and active braking assist (ABA) as well as an…
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FREIGHTLINER’S VOCATIONAL FOCUS PAYING OFF
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 until it is the “undisputed market leader” in the vocational…
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Freightliner announces new options for vocational trucks
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 providing our vocational customers with a breadth of options that…
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How Freightliner conquered the vocational truck market
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.
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Freightliner looks to limit downtime to three days, max
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 company’s newly appointed senior vice-president of sales and marketing, revealed…
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Cummins testing new E-85 medium-duty engine
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 is specifically designed to run on E-85 fuel, which is…
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TMTV video on the road: Cascadia Super Slide at SuperRigs
RV company enters trucking market with sliding components
