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Electric Trucks
Truck-focused Electric Island charging site opens in Portland, Oregon
Daimler Trucks and Portland General Electric opened their Electric Island charging site as part of a border-to-border charging corridor.
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OEM
Daimler Trucks North America gets new CEO with Nielsen’s retirement
With the coming independence of Daimler Truck from Daimler AG, the North American subsidiary gets a new CEO when Roger Nielsen retires in April.
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Electric Trucks
Daimler will package own components for electric trucks
Daimler Trucks North America is going to offer fully integrated powertrains for its electric trucks the same way it does diesel trucks — through its…
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Electric Trucks
FreightTech 25: No. 9 Daimler drives trucking’s electric future
Daimler Trucks North America CEO Roger Nielsen flatly stated in 2019 that “The Future is Electric.” In 2020, the company backed the pledge with multiple…
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News
Daimler Trucks eliminates carbon dioxide from Portland, Oregon manufacturing
Daimler Trucks North America says its Portland, Oregon, manufacturing plant has no carbon dioxide emissions and is the first facility to achieve carbon neutrality in…
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News
Volvo, Kenworth and Hyliion spark transition to electric trucks
Two Volvo VNR electric trucks enter testing; Kenworth dealers taking orders for medium-duty battery-powered trucks; and reverse merger vote date set for startup Hyliion.
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News
J.B. Hunt gets dibs on trying out Freightliner electric eCascadia
J.B. Hunt Transport got first dibs on a Freightliner heavy-duty eCascadia in an expanded customer outreach that Daimler Trucks North America hopes will amp fleet…
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News
Freightliner electric fleet circles globe 12 times – sort of
Freightliner’s test fleet of 30 electric trucks has circled the world an equivalent of a dozen times as they make drayage runs and a variety…
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Trucking
Volvo Group cutting 450 salaried U.S. jobs
Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America are cutting 450 salaried jobs as part of parent Volvo Group’s slashing of 4,100 whiite-collar positions. But Mack…
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Trucking
Commercial vehicles charge toward electric future
Electric trucks in big numbers are still years away, but interest among truck makers and fleets is widespread and growing.
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