Plus' Level 2 PlusDrive demonstrates how powerful even lower levels of autonomous vehicle systems will be for boosting safety and productivity in trucking, explains HDT's Jack Roberts.
As part of the collaboration, 30 Class 6 through 8 all-electric delivery trucks from Peterbilt and Freightliner will be integrated into Ferguson’s fleet in the months ahead.
The purchase of Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp's MT50e all-electric walk-in vans is a key step in helping Pacific Gas & Electric meet its mandate to convert as many fleet vehicles as possible to zero-emission vehicles by 2025.
Recently, UPS dipped its toes a little deeper into the electric truck market with the acquisition of a Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric Class 8 truck.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected Daimler Trucks North America’s work on medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks, and despite production shutdowns due to the pandemic, the company is back to building vehicles at the same rate it was before the pandemic hit.
Freightliner's Innovation Fleet, a 30-vehicle fleet of battery electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks, has accumulated more than 300,000 miles in real-world use by customers.
Eight new Freightliner electric trucks will soon go into the hands of fleet customers, which will help the OEM evaluate their performance in real-world trucking applications.
Penske Truck Leasing said the two electric eCascadia Freightliner Class 8 tractors it is evaluating have already reached 10,000 real-world operational miles.
Daimler Trucks North America presented the keys to its first two production eCascadia battery-electric tractors to Penske and NFI on Aug. 21 in Napa Valley, California.
Daimler Trucks says it's going to have highly automated trucks in production within a decade, and it's launched a new global business unit to help make it happen.
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