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Transmission: Can Class 8 truck producers keep up with demand?
There continue to be concerns about when these new orders will be prepared, as many truck manufacturers continue to deal with semiconductor shortages.
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Trucking
Western Star recalls 6,830 trucks for stalling due to faulty wiring harness
Western Star is recalling 6,830 trucks for possible stalling due to a faulty wiring harness. Some are being called back for a second time.
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Trucking Regulation
Feds fine Daimler Trucks $30M for slow recall reporting
Daimler Trucks North America signed a consent order with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration agreeing to pay up to $30 million for tardiness in…
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Trucking
Is Daimler Trucks going to go it alone?
German newspaper Handelsblatt says Daimler AG may spin off Daimler Trucks in 2021 to spare it the drag of Mercedes-Benz’s financial struggles.
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Big trucks and big bucks — WHAT THE TRUCK?!? (with video)
Dooner and the Dude talk to an author about his biography of a railroad legend and get a look at Western Star's new truck.
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5 questions with Daimler Trucks North America’s Samantha Parlier
A car-crazed high schooler, Samatha Parlier learned long before becoming vice president of vocational market development for Daimler Trucks North America that even though both…
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Technology
Daimler establishes group focused on developing connectivity solutions
Daimler Trucks is bringing its global connected vehicle development efforts under a single group that will be based in the United States.
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All-new Western Star 49X vocational truck breaks cover
Six years in development, the new vocational truck adopts safety technology from Daimler Trucks’ on-highway models with other firsts for extreme-use trucks.
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Daimler previews Q2 earnings upside surprise
Better-than-expected performance across the board buoys Daimler prospects. Job cuts are a big part of the picture in a preview of second-quarter earnings.
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Daimler Trucks cautiously resumes US production (Update 2)
The largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks puts worker protections in place as it tries to make up for production lost to the coronavirus pandemic.
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