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Five truck trend takeaways from May

We know it’s not easy to keep up with everything that happens in the world of trucking. So here are the biggest stories from May focused on the latest truck trends, all in one place. 5. The right engine oil can impact your DPF maintenance costs While diesel particulate filters, and aftertreatment systems as a

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Daimler Trucks partners with Platform Science for on-vehicle software solutions

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has partnered with Platform Science, the developer of a platform for on-vehicle mobile applications offering advanced fleet management software solutions. Platform Science will be the primary on-vehicle fleet management software development and distribution partner, enabling customers to purchase and utilize third-party telematics solutions and connectivity services directly from their trucks

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Daimler Trucks launches Excelerator for online parts ordering

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has launched Excelerator, its next-generation e-commerce platform to streamline the parts ordering process. With input from over 40 dealer partners to its design, DTNA says Excelerator delivers an easy-to-use solution to succeed Pinnacle Truck Parts as DTNA’s one-stop parts ordering platform. Excelerator is the next step in DTNA’s digital

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Daimler Trucks’s Stefan Kurschner builds upon its supply chain foundation with ExceleratorParts.com

Editor’s Note: We built an interactive journey through the Daimler Trucks North America aftermarket story. Click the image above to start reading and navigate the story by clicking the “Next Page,” but feel free to take some time to watch the videos, listen to the podcast excerpt and enjoy the ride. If you get lost

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Podcast: Daimler Trucks North America on keeping up with service during a critical time

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, trucking has, of course, been designated an essential service, and naturally truck maintenance followed suit. Today’s guest is Kevin Bangston, general manager of distribution network development for Daimler Trucks North America, who talked about how DTNA’s service network is providing for its customers, as well as some of

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Daimler Trucks partners with Platform Science to deliver on-vehicle software solutions

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has partnered with Platform Science, the developer of a platform for on-vehicle mobile applications offering advanced fleet management software solutions. Platform Science will be the primary on-vehicle fleet management software development and distribution partner, DTNA says, enabling customers to purchase and utilize third-party telematics solutions and connectivity services directly from

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Tips for creating a clearer truck service picture using telematics

Analyzing truck data to improve your service operation is a lot like playing connect the dots. You have to draw the lines between hard-braking data and, potentially, tire or brake pad wear information. The challenge is that the picture isn’t always clear. Sometimes your line between data points descends down the data analysis rabbit hole

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Keep those bays open: Managing bay availability and avoiding a truck service backlog

Picture this: A fault code is triggered in a truck less than a mile away from your shop. It’s serious. It needs to be fixed right away. The driver locates your shop as the closest, makes a call, and is told to come right over.  The driver arrives only to find that no bays are

Daimler Trucks North America announces start of battery electric Freightliner customer experience fleet

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is launching the Freightliner Customer Experience (CX) Fleet for its electric truck program. The fleet of all-electric pre-series trucks includes six heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadias and two medium-duty eM2 106 trucks. Freightliner CX Fleet participants are members of the Freightliner Electric Vehicle Council, a group of customers working with Freightliner to

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Daimler Trucks North America dealer network to add 700 service bays across 40 new or remodeled locations

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)’s dealer network is building or remodeling more than 40 locations across 30 U.S. states and Canadian provinces to add 700 more service bays in 2020, the company announced. DTNA says the new service bays will increase potential network capacity by up to 3.5 million service hours per year and are

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Daimler Trucks launches enhanced Express WriteUp app

Daimler Trucks North America LLC has announced the launch of its second-generation Express WriteUp mobile application. In addition to enhancements to speed the repair order process, Express WriteUp2 helps service advisors and customers adhere to social distancing guidelines established by the CDC, DTNA says. Since its 2017 introduction, DTNA says Express WriteUp has enabled Freightliner

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A reduction in gears: Inside electric truck transmissions

Rather than the typical 18-speed transmissions, electric trucks tend to use two-speed transmissions, with some using three or four. So why is that?

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