Tag: Freightliner

Class 7-8

Freightliner partners with Waymo for Level 4 autonomous Cascadia

Daimler Trucks and Waymo will work together towards deploying an autonomous SAE Level 4 Freightliner Cascadia by 2024. Details here on Equipment World.

November 10, 2020

Class 7-8

Heavy-truck market settles down as technology advances ramp up

After the huge backlogs and massive sales numbers in recent years, the truck market has returned to calmer days. But calm isn’t stagnant, as ongoing changes to technology and market conditions clearly demonstrate.   A return to normalcy Perhaps the best news for those seeking to invest in new trucks is that the lead time […]

December 31, 2019

Class 7-8

Freightliner ships its first electric trucks to customers

First deliveries of eCascadia are underway, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced. Freightliner’s first two Class 8 battery electric trucks were built for Penske Truck Leasing of Reading, Pennsylvania, and NFI of Camden, New Jersey – customers at its research and development center in Portland – and will be part of Freightliner’s Electric Innovation Fleet […]

August 19, 2019

Pickups

VMAC rolls out underhood, direct-transmission mounted air compressors for Ford, Ram, GM trucks and vans

VMAC is expanding their line of underhood and direct-transmission mounted air compressors, with new models to fit 2019 vans and trucks.

February 22, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Ram intros 2019 chassis cab trucks; How the skid steer is staying relevant; Wacker Neuson debuts new skid steers; New Mauldin pavers; What it’s like to drive an electric Freightliner

Freightliner's electric trucks, Ram unveils 2019 Chassis Cab trucks, Wacker Neuson debuts Series II skid steers and CTLs, and more in the Equipment Roundup.

February 18, 2019

Class 7-8

What it’s like to drive Freightliner’s electric trucks

Check out this review of an electric Freightliner truck and see how the truck operates and drives. Get all the details and more right here on Equipment World.

February 12, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Rivian RT1 electric pickup goes 0-60 in 3 secs.; Cat intros 903D; The biggest equipment stories of 2018; Spot the robot dog gets a construction job; Freightliner intros tractor with autonomous driving

Freightliner intros new Cascadia tractor with Level 2 automated driving Though we’ve seen interesting battery-powered electric pickup designs from companies like Workhorse and Bollinger, not to mention the rumored mammoth model Tesla is working on, the most compelling model we’ve yet seen is from a company called Rivian. Built atop a common “Skateboard” platform, Rivian […]

January 14, 2019

Class 7-8

Freightliner intros new Cascadia tractor with Level 2 automated driving

Level 2 automation means the truck can accelerate, decelerate and steer independently. The 2020 Cascadia will be the first SAE Level 2 automation-capable truck.

January 9, 2019

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Manitowoc intros GRT9165 rough-terrain, Potain MR 160 C tower, TMS500-2 truck cranes, NBT50L series boom trucks; High efficiency package, engine now available for Mack Anthem; Freightliner goes electric

Manitowoc debuts NBT50L Series boom trucks with truck crane hybrid models, and Grove GRT9165, alongside 40t TMS500-2 truck crane. More here!

June 19, 2018

Class 7-8

Freightliner Goes Electric: Truck maker unveils battery-powered eCascadia, eM2 models

Freightliner's eCascadia features up to 730 peak horsepower while the eM2 features up to 480 peak horsepower. Both are Frieghtliners initial electric trucks.

June 15, 2018

Construction Equipment

Gradall intros Discovery Series excavators designed for emergency cleanup

Gradall says it has come up with a low-cost solution for local and state governments facing emergency cleanup, such as occurred with last year’s string of devastating hurricanes. The company’s Discovery Series excavators were used during storm recovery on the Gulf Coast and in the Bahamas and Caribbean, a news release says. They can travel […]

January 19, 2018

Vocational

Sweeping changes overtake heavy-duty truck market

Emissions, technology and metallurgy have changed nearly every aspect of trucks used in the construction market. Amid such wide-ranging changes, buyers need to become educated about the new features so when spec’ing trucks they take full advantage of the value those features can reap.   Emissions regulations increase demand for gliders, other work-arounds Each tightening […]

January 9, 2018