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Daimler Truck N.A. adds eCascadia trucks to its logistics fleet

These vehicles will be utilized to pick up parts from various supplier locations in the Pacific Northwest and deliver them to DTNA’s consolidation center in Portland.

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United Natural Foods to deploy eCascadia and VNR Electric trucks

UNFI will combine these trucks with refrigerated trailers cooled by Carrier’s all-electric Vector eCool TRU.

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Daimler Truck delivers Freightliner eCascadias to Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

The 20 Freightliner eCascadias are expected to result in the reduced use of 40,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year. 

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Frelightliner eM2 begins production

The eM2 is built on the Freightliner M2 106 Plus platform and features a battery electric Detroit ePowertrain.

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Freightliner to offer Cummins X15N natural gas engine for Cascadia

Freightliner announced that the Cummins X15N natural gas engine will be available in its Cascadia trucks. Freightliner will offer the X15N in the Cascadia 126-in. BBC, in both sleeper and day cab configurations. Production is targeted to begin in 2025. The X15N is designed for heavy-duty and on-highway truck applications, with 400 to 500 HP

Five truck trend takeaways from September

Let’s rewind and explore the pages of our industry playbook in this truck trends takeaway, just like the pros in the NFL. Run it back!

Burco launches line of heavy-duty truck mirror replacement glass

Burco’s replacement mirrors for heavy-duty vehicles are engineered to be exact matches of the vehicles’ original mirrors.

The seven EV truck challenges to overcome

Sysco announced a science-based goal to reduce its direct emissions by 27.5% by 2030, and deploying EVs is a significant part of its efforts.

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Schneider opens large-scale zero emission electric charging depot in Southern California

The charging site is over half the size of a football field, featuring 16 350 kW dual-corded dispensers, allowing the carrier to charge 32 trucks simultaneously.

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Daimler Truck CEO on decarbonization developments, infrastructure investment and the reason for Rizon

With sustainable trucking options on the road, more challenges are ahead … as well as opportunity.

Inside an autonomous truck chassis

Let’s pop the hood and actually see the redundancy that’s required to make autonomous trucks possible.

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Sysco unveils first heavy-duty EV hub

The Riverside project is a foundational step toward Sysco’s goal to reduce its direct emissions by 27.5% and add 2,800 electric trucks to its U.S. fleet by 2030.

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