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AEV Summit: Redundant safety systems key to market-ready robot trucks

This fireside chat is from FreightWaves’ Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Working to get Level 4 autonomous trucks on the road

DETAILS: Autonomous trucks must have redundant safety systems or not be done at all,Torc Robotics’ Michael Fleming told FreightWaves’ Alan Adler at the Autonomous & Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.

SPEAKER: Fleming is the CEO of Torc Robotics. 

BIO:  Fleming co-founded Torc Robotics — now an independent subsidiary of Daimler...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aev-summit-redundant-safety-systems-key-to-market-ready-robot-trucks

The Daily Dash: Daimler’s product news, BMO’s earnings

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, we highlight a big announcement by Daimler, significant money raised by an insurtech startup and another encouraging sign for the future.

Building medium-duty engines

Cummins Inc. announced it 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. It is the first major product announcement...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-daily-dash:-daimlers-product-news-bmos-earnings

Why GM’s zero-emissions pledge matters to trucking

General Motors’ commitment to zero-emission vehicles by 2035 will influence heavy-duty truck manufacturers and suppliers to follow along.

Just two days after taking a role in a four-way collaboration to make nonpolluting hydrogen-powered fuel cell International trucks for Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), GM said it is targeting 2040 to eliminate carbon dioxide pollution from its plants, supply chains and logistics globally.

“GM’s declaration does have an impact on fleet owners,” said...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-gms-zero-emissions-pledge-means-a-lot-to-trucking

Daimler and Volvo seal fuel cell tie-up

The Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG will waste no time in developing hydrogen-powered fuel cells for long-haul trucking now that they have signed a binding agreement to form a jointventure in the rapidly expanding field of manufacturers pursuing the zero-emissions technology.

Daimler and Volvo are two of the world’s largest heavy-duty truck makers. Working together helps both companies. Daimler brings decades of fuel cell experience. Volvo brings cash to accelerate the work. Volvo is paying...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/daimler-and-volvo-seal-fuel-cell-tie-up

Navistar takeover intrigue rises with TRATON leadership shakeup

Navistar and TRATON CEOs

If German truck holding company TRATON Group (ETR: 8TRA) completes its unsolicited bid to buy Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV), new leaders will run the combined company with TRATON CEO Andreas Renschler departing.

TRATON announced on Tuesday, July 8, that takeover architect Rentschler is departing and handing the CEO role to Matthias Gründler, the former chief financial officer of the Munich-based truck holding company of Volkswagen AG. 

Navistar named Persio Lisboa to succeed Troy...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-takeover-intrigue-rises-with-traton-leadership-shakeup

Daimler Trucks sets up fuel cell subsidiary

Daimler Truck fuel cell leaders

Daimler Truck AG is assembling its fuel cell expertise in a new subsidiary as a forerunner to a 50-50 joint venture with rival Volvo AB that will make fuel cell-powered backup systems for data centers and eventually hydrogen-fueled heavy-duty trucks.

“We will now bring together the great expertise and enormous wealth of experience from several decades of development work on fuel cells at Daimler – and combine it with the right know-how in connection with trucks,” Daimler Truck AG Chairman Martin...

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Mitsubishi Fuso ending truck sales in US and Canada

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA) will stop selling Class 4-5 medium-duty trucks in the U.S. and Canada when it runs out of inventory, but it will continue providing parts and service for customers through at least 2028.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. (MFTBC), which manufactures commercial vehicles in Asia,, announced the move Wednesday after making the decision on Tuesday. MFTBC is a brand of Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler Trucks.

“The decision itself was sudden,” Bryan Allen, MFTA...

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