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Jason Morgan
By Jason Morgan
Jason Morgan is the content director of Fleet Equipment. He has covered the trucking industry for more than 10 years, has a CDL and geeks out far too much over the latest truck equipment and technology.
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Recently, Daimler Trucks announced an investment to enable production of the new DD5 and DD8 medium duty engines at the Detroit brand headquarters and manufacturing facility in Redford, Mich. The OE also celebrated the start of production of its DT12 AMT at that same plant. Jason Morgan, editor of Fleet Equipment, grabbed a cup of coffee with Dr. Frank Reintjes, Global Head of Powertrain for Daimler Trucks, to talk about the new engine, growing the DT12 AMT supply line and manufacturing in a global world. Be sure to watch the video above.

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