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Mexican Carrier's Freightliner Cascadia Acquisition Bucks Otherwise Dismal Domestic Sales Figures
Friday, February 21, 2020 - 11:18am | 606Daimler Commercial Vehicles México delivered 10 new Freightliner Cascadia units to cross-border carrier Grupo HG Transportaciones on Wednesday. The 53-year-old freight transport company based in Monterrey, Mexico, now has a fleet of around 460 vehicles, said company officials during a ceremony for...
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Daimler Trucks Not Sweating Loss Of Chunks Of Market Share
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 6:17pm | 672Daimler Trucks North America, the industry sales leader, is not sweating the loss of big chunks of heavy- and medium-duty market share trucks through the first nine months this year. "Our Class 6-7 trucks are out of capacity," President and CEO Roger Nielsen told FreightWaves in an October 28...
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Autonomous Trucks Reach A New Milestone
Thursday, October 3, 2019 - 4:35pm | 788Recently I had the opportunity to test-drive Covenant Transport Group's latest addition to its fleet – the amazingly clever automatic Freightliner Cascadia fully equipped with a Detroit engine and drivetrain along with the intelligent ‘Assurance 5.0' suite of safety systems. Suffice to say, we've...
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2020 Freightliner Cascadia Evolves Into Technological Tour de Force
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - 5:50pm | 1152Already the undisputed Class 8 sales leader, the 2020 Freightliner Cascadia arriving this fall is a technological tour de force that allows the truck to do most of the work of driving. For fleets focused on fuel savings, an optional aerodynamic package smooths the exterior and closes gaps on the...