Daimler Truck AG

Daimler Truck extends John O’Leary’s term on management board

John O’Leary, the CEO of Daimler Truck North America, has had his contract extended through 2026. The head of the Supervisory Board of Daimler Truck Holding AG called DTNA the company’s benchmark for performance.

Daimler Truck is the global and North American leader in market share. It sells nearly four of 10 heavy-duty trucks in North America.

O’Leary became CEO in April 2021, succeeding Roger Nielsen. Daimler Truck separated from parent Daimler AG and became a stand-alone company in December...

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Truck Tech: Who’s on first edition

Autonomous trucking is a far weightier topic than baseball, the subject of the famous “Who’s on first?” Abbott and Costello comedy classic. Determining the positions of truck makers and autonomous software developers might be more watchable than even rule-shortened games in the new MLB season.

Abbott and Costello and their famous comedy bit “Who’s on First?” (Image: YouTube)

Who really drives autonomous truck development?

After three stories and more than 3,000 words on TuSimple this week here, he...

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Bosch will supply key components to Daimler-Volvo fuel cell joint venture

German automotive supplier Robert Bosch will make and sell air compressors to Cellentric, the fuel cell joint venture of Germany’s Daimler Truck AG and Sweden’s Volvo Group AB.

Trucks and stationary fuel cells for data centers and other high-power installations are several years away. But Cellentric is beginning to contract for the major components it will need for mid-decade production. Air compressors govern the fuel-cell system’s oxygen supply.

Hydrogen-powered fuel cell commercial trucks are...

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Truck Talk: Electrical storm edition

This week, we chase storm clouds gathering for electric pickup trucks not wearing a Ford blue oval, speculate on who a big customer at Plus might be and review how Daimler Truck is setting the stage for its independence.

Storm clouds for electric pickups

Now that Ford Motor Co.(NYSE: F) has revealed the F150 Lightning electric truck, it is — or should be — panic time for startups eyeing the battery-powered commercial pickup segment.

At the top of the list, with arguably the most to lose, is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-electrical-storm-edition

Truck Talk: Marriage and divorce edition

This week, we’re looking at the final preparations before Navistar becomes part of TRATON SE and Daimler Truck escapes being lumped in with Mercedes-Benz luxury cars. Also, two views of fuel cells and hydrogen and a not-quite-Oprah-like giveaway.

Wedding gift

Getting married brings big changes. Sometimes one spouse brings college or other debt into a union. Something like that is playing out as Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) draws closer to its merger with Volkswagen AG’s TRATON SE (8TRA...

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Daimler Trucks posts modest recovery from COVID-impacted year-ago Q1

Daimler Truck, soon to be freed from Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF), reported improved sales and profits in the first quarter after enduring the beginning of the pandemic-induced shutdown of manufacturing a year ago.

The global shortage of semiconductor components used throughout vehicles could impact sales  in the current quarter. But Daimler didn’t offer specifics. In North America, Daimler Trucks has protected larger, more profitable truck production by taking rolling downtime at medium-duty plants...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daimler-trucks-posts-modest-recovery-from-covid-impacted-year-ago-q1

Truck Talk: Flying things edition

This week, we go airborne with the Workhorse Horsefly drone, consider a high-flying SPAC for a vertical-takeoff-and-landing jet maker and dive deeper into Cummins’ deal to make medium-duty engines for Daimler Truck.

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Gonna fly now

So much has been made of Workhorse Group’s losing out on the U.S. Postal Service contract for next-generation mail trucks that it was easy to overlook the update on the company’s truck-mounted...

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Cummins will build medium-duty engines for Daimler Trucks

Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) will build a medium-duty engine plant within a Daimler Trucks Mannheim complex in Germany to localize medium-duty engines that comply with the Euro VII emissions.

Daimler Truck AG and Cummins plan a global strategic partnership under which Cummins will make engines compliant with Euro VII emissions. Daimler decided against shouldering the expense of developing those engines itself.

For its undisclosed investment, Cummins eventually gets all of the global medium-duty...

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Truck Talk: Autonomous range-finding edition

This week we’re looking at the plethora of lidar companies chasing autonomous vehicle business; asking three questions of Torc Robotics CEO Michael Fleming; and circling the globe with new business announcements. Plus, some people, places and things. Starting next Friday, Truck Talk will be delivered by email if you subscribe at: https://www.freightwaves.com/truck-talk.

Business for all?

Lidar, which stands for light detection and ranging, is a critical element of autonomous vehicles. The...

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Is heavy-duty fuel cell trucking almost ready for prime time?

Here’s what we know about hydrogen-powered fuel cells for heavy-duty trucking:

  • They are not in commercial production.
  • Onboard hydrogen storage is far less efficient than battery-powered trucks.
  • Heavy-duty truck fuel cell adoption is projected to be just 2.5% by 2030.
  • Battery-electric truck proponents call fuel cells unflattering names.

.None of that has changed. Yet, something seems different. 

For starters, car and truck makers and Tier 1 suppliers are investing billions of dollars in fuel cell...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/is-heavy-duty-fuel-cell-trucking-almost-ready-for-prime-time?

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