Putting the right truck in the right application
Six months. Sixteen days. Eighteen hours. That’s how long David Carson had held the title of Western Star president, and Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) chief diversity officer, when he took the stage during a recently held press conference. Back in January, David stepped into his new office facing an industry outlook that was mostly
Improving the service experience to keep trucks productive
Twenty-four hours. That’s the amount of time that Stefan Kurschner is fixated on as he steps in front of the collected North American trucking business press. Stefan, as Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) senior vice president for aftermarket, faces a rapidly evolving, customization-demanding environment: truck service. “This is the last shiny truck you’re going to
More than a truck: Daimler unveils its electric strategy
Roger Nielsen steps out of the Thomas Built all-electric Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus and stands in front of more than one hundred analysts and media representatives to make the biggest product announcement since he took the position of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) president and CEO. He shakes Martin Daum’s hand as Martin hands him
Volvo’s ‘Shape of Trucks to Come’ has arrived. Now what?
Magnus Koeck stands in a sprawling ExpoCam 2017 trade show booth flanked by a pair of Volvo VNR regional-haul tractors. The sleek new trucks stand in stark comparison to the sand-blasted Brutalist construction of ExpoCam’s Place Bonaventure exhibit hall. Yet, the VNR’s aggressive aerodynamic design is given some bite with angular headlights and air intakes
Leaner and meaner: Cummins readies the X12 engine for the road
Late last summer, just before Cummins unveiled its Class 7 all-electric concept truck, the engine OEM took journalists through a tour of its technical center, an incubator for the hatching the next generation of powertrain technologies. We walked through corridors of testing bays. The rumbling of super-secret prototype engines being put through rigorous testing procedures
The next level: Ford increases options with the 2019 Transit Connect, the F-150 diesel engine
This winter, Ford made two major announcements. The first, made in December, is that the company will be offering a diesel engine option for the F-150 for the first time; the second came in February, with the introduction of the new generation of Transit Connect vans. As you read the details of these launches, you
Purposeful innovation: Peterbilt’s Model 579 UltraLoft integral sleeper addresses driver demands, offers efficiency solutions
If you look closely at the newly unveiled Peterbilt Model 579 UltraLoft sleeper, you may see the fingerprints of the 400 drivers who shared opinions, the more than 100 drivers who were brought in for prototype feedback and the countless fleet customers who informed the integral sleeper design. You’d also notice the signatures of Peterbilt’s
Detroit’s new DD8 engine aims to tackle a variety of applications
Kelly Gedert and her team of Detroit product specialists stand before an arsenal of Freightliner trucks outfitted for everything from dump and delivery to flatbed and refuse. Under the hood, they share one important similarity—they’re all powered by the new Detroit DD8 engine. The 7.7-liter engine rounds out Detroit’s medium-duty and vocational power plant offering
International’s A26 engine lays the groundwork for the engine platform’s tomorrow
Denny Mooney never stops moving. Even as he sits in the passenger seat of an International LT Series truck, outfitted with International’s new A26 12.4-liter engine, the mind of Navistar Inc.’s group vice president of global engineering races with insight and his gesturing hands punctuate his every point. “If you take the combination of the
How the Mack Anthem aims to stand out from the pack for fleets and drivers
The CB crackled to life to a chorus of questions. “What is that?” “Is that a Mack?” “Can I trade you my truck for yours?” “How can I get me one of them?” Jonathan Randall’s smile couldn’t get any wider—this was exactly the reaction he hoped for when Mack set out to redefine its Class
Completing the puzzle: The PACCAR automated transmission allows Peterbilt to push integration further
The Peterbilt 579, bathed in signature Legendary Red, thundered onto the highway beneath an overcast sky that did little to snuff out the searing Texas sun. But in the cab, it was cool and quiet as the new PACCAR automated transmission stealthily skip shifted gears—fourth, sixth, eighth—allowing Kyle Quinn, Peterbilt Motors Co. general manager and
Only the beginning: As Freightliner’s New Cascadia rolls out, innovation rolls on
Roger Nielsen leans against the railing on a balcony looking over Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)’s High Desert Proving Grounds in Madras, Ore. He chats up anyone who happens to be standing beside him, as if he is picking up the ends of a long interrupted conversation with an old friend. Below, a battalion of
