Freightliner

Brake module corrosion continues to vex Daimler Truck

Daimler Truck North America is conducting a third safety recall – about 77,000 vehicles across seven model years in the U.S. and Canada – for brake module corrosion that could cause pulling to one side of the road, which could raise the possibility of a crash.

None of the three recalls involving more than 475,000 units has a crash associated. A miniscule number of vehicles have exhibited the condition among the number built between June 2016 and March 2022

Miniscule number of trucks in recall...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/brake-module-corrosion-continues-to-vex-daimler-truck

ONE purchases green fuel for Freightliner’s UK rail service

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has purchased GD+ fuel to cover 100% of the fuel volume required for the new intra-UK service of Freightliner from Southampton to Crewe.

The first service started its journey on 17 January 2023 and after Crewe, the train was going to continue its rotation to Freightliner Coatbridge terminal in Scotland, using an electric locomotive, making this one of the greenest rail freight routes in UK Rail.

GD+ is a type of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and can be used as a...

https://container-news.com/one-purchases-green-fuel-for-freightliners-uk-rail-service/

Missteps and milestones mark 2022 in autonomous trucking

Docudrama script writers must be giddy at the “Succession”-esque tale unfolding at TuSimple Holdings. Just a year ago it leapfrogged the competition by demonstrating an 80-mile driverless truck pilot on a U.S. public highway. 

TuSimple repeated the technological feat, several times early in 2022. But then it gave way to repeated capriciousness that erased 95% of the company’s stock value. Could TuSimple be ripe for a takeover or sale to private equity? Consider:

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/missteps-and-milestones-mark-2022-in-autonomous-trucking

Truck Tech: Daum straight edition

Martin Daum rarely equivocates. The CEO of Daimler Truck sets courses the trucking industry often follows. If you ask him a question, expect a straight answer. We did. And so did he.

When Martin Daum talks …

Martin Daum is one of those people for whom a paraphrase of the famous line from the 1970s TV commercials by investment bank EF Hutton applies. When the CEO of Daimler Truck talks, the global trucking industry listens.

Martin Daum is the influential voice and CEO of Daimler Truck. (Photo: Alan...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-daum-straight-edition

Daimler Truck boosts electric truck range with new battery chemistry

Graphics infused eActros long haul truck from Mercedes-Benz Trucks in Europe.

HANNOVER, Germany — Daimler Truck is changing battery chemistry for its future long-haul electric trucks to boost driving range beyond 300 miles on a single charge while eliminating the use of cobalt and nickel.

The world’s largest truck maker showed its eActros long-haul electric truck for the first time Sunday evening before the opening of the IAA Transportation 2022 show.

Rather than the commonly used lithium-ion chemistry, the eActros long-haul truck will use lithium-iron phosphate (LFP),...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daimler-truck-boosts-electric-truck-range-with-new-battery-chemistry

Cushier rides becoming standard fare in work trucks

Freightliner medium-duty truck interior

Want to recruit and retain truck drivers? Give them a comfy ride that reminds them of what they drive in their off-hours.

Daimler Truck North America is the latest to apply this thinking with the new Freightliner medium-duty M2 106 Plus, M2 112 Plus, 108SD Plus and 114SD Plus debuting in the third quarter of 2023. 

They are not all-new vehicles but refinements are substantial. The segment-leading M2’s new grill and air intake give it a family resemblance to the market-leading Class 8 Freightliner...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cushier-rides-becoming-standard-fare-in-work-trucks

Revamped Freightliner medium-duty trucks adopt Cascadia resemblance

The revamped Freightliner Plus medium-duty truck lineup coming in 2023 borrows a few styling cues from its full-size Cascadia brother. But the biggest changes are on the inside.

An all-new electrical architecture makes it easier for upfitters to wire connections to bodies and vocational equipment. The routing changes also allowed radio speakers to move from the dash to the doors — like passenger vehicles — for better sound quality.

The M2 106 and 112 Plus and the 108SD Plus and 114SD Plus from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/revamped-freightliner-medium-duty-trucks-adopt-cascadia-resemblance

The Light Load: Everybody wants Freightliner CPCs

The thefts of common powertrain controller (CPC) modules from parked Freightliner and Western Star trucks feels like a game of Clue minus the conservatory, candlestick, Col. Mustard and, well, clues. Come to think of it, it’s nothing at all like Clue, but I digress.

Anyhow, unless Miss Marple clears her schedule, Daimler Truck North America and the authorities are going to have to sort through a passel of suspects, usual or otherwise, to get to the bottom of this high-tech poachery.

The purloined...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-light-load-everybody-wants-freightliner-cpcs

The Log Book: Schneider announces Ride of Pride driver

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Schneider is awarded another Ride of Pride truck from Freightliner, Shell Rotella SuperRigs gets ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary and Suttons Tankers wraps a truck to honor Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee. 

Schneider announces Ride of Pride driver

Trucking, intermodal and logistics services provider Schneider National announced Wednesday it has once again received a U.S. Ride of Pride...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-schneider-announces-ride-of-pride-driver

Someone is stealing Daimler Truck powertrain control modules

A black and yellow powertrain module in the foreground with a Freightline truck behind it.

A rash of thefts of semiconductor-loaded powertrain control modules from parked Freightliner and Western Star trucks is turning the tractors into oversize paperweights. Daimler Truck North America is going after the bad guys but has few leads.

The rip-offs of common powertrain control module 4 units relate to the ongoing shortage of microchips. Harvesting and reprogramming the modules allow them to work in other trucks, Daimler said.

“The theft of CPC modules is a crime that threatens the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/thefts-of-powertrain-modules-plague-daimler-truck

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