RentalYard Freightliner Blog Archive

Freightliner’s fifth-generation Cascadia is packed with advanced safety features and has improved aerodynamics for even greater efficiency. ...

The Class 8 trucks will run delivery routes throughout the Portland Metropolitan area and will be joined by three Freightliner eM2 medium-duty electric box trucks serving downtown Portland later this year. ...

Available in Class 6 and Class 7 platforms, the eM2 is based on Freightliner’s existing M2 106 Plus platform, upgraded with latest Detroit ePowertrain with multiple battery size options. ...

“The Daimler Truck team has been a great partner to Sysco as we have worked to electrify our fleet and we’re thrilled to receive our first battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia truck,” says Sysco’s Marie Robinson. ...

The new Plus models have upgraded interiors and can be spec’d with many of the same high-end safety and driver assistance features found in Freightliner’s flagship Cascadia trucks. ...

Powered by Detroit’s ePowertrain, the zero-emission heavy-duty truck is ready to electrify last-mile logistics, local and regional distribution, and more. ...

The popular Business Class M2 106 truck from Freightliner comes in medium-duty Class 6 and heavy-duty Class 7 and 8 models with a GVWR of up to 66,000 pounds. ...

The transformer will be part of a charging array used to power electric vehicles including other eCascadias making local and regional deliveries. ...

The facility is designed to offer charging that is four times faster than the current fastest light-duty vehicle chargers and will also be entirely carbon neutral. ...

This is equivalent to 5,660 one-way trips from Los Angeles and Long Beach ports to warehouses in the Inland Empire, or 12 trips around the globe. ...

The fleet consists of six eCascadias and two eM2 106 battery-electric trucks; Daimler says “at least 14” customers will help test the new fleet in the U.S. ...

The latest Freightliner Cascadia was on display at the truck company’s NACV Show booth in Atlanta from October 28 to 31, along with the new financing plan and a broad range of cutting-edge technology. ...

Freightliner says the option to spec its versatile vocational truck with the X12 will be a big advantage for weight-sensitive configurations such as concrete mixers, refuse trucks, dump trucks, and others. ...

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has a Freightliner EconicSD, Freightliner 114SD, and Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley all-electric school bus on display alongside other Daimler vehicles at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018. ...

Cargo Transporters of Claremont, North Carolina, received the keys of the truck and added it to the more than 550 Freightliner trucks in its fleet. ...

Freightliner is debuting two new Freightliner Cascadia compressed natural gas (CNG) models at this year’s Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo Conference. ...

It’s always exciting when advanced features become standard for a given truck model, and that’s exactly what’s happening for the Freightliner Cascadia line. ...

The company is giving attendees an up-close look at several truck models configured to take advantage of the latest Detroit engines, fine-tuned powertrains, and a vast array of connectivity services. ...

In this era, there is sometimes just as much emphasis placed on design and driver comfort as there is on power and performance under the hood. ...

Freightliner, a division of Daimler Trucks North America, is targeting regional overnight haulers and the bulk haul and flat beds segments with new mid-roof cab configurations for its Cascadia model. ...