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Volvo Group names new president of Mack Trucks

10 May 2023

Martin Weissburg is retiring as president of Mack Trucks. He will be succeeded June 1 by Stephen Roy at the Volvo Group manufacturing subsidiary.

Weissburg held three senior leadership positions in his Volvo career. In a 2020 FreightWaves interview, he called running Mack, an iconic brand dating to 1900, his favorite. He arrived in June 2018 in time for the launch of the brand’s flagship over-the-road Mack Anthem. A year later, he navigated a crippling labor strike . In 2020, Weissburg led...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/strongvolvo-group-names-new-president-of-mack-trucksstrong

How the ACT Expo became trucking’s ‘big splash’

5 May 2023

ACT Expo a coming of age for hydrogen-powered trucking

3 May 2023

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Not long ago, hydrogen and fuel cell trucks were lightly regarded at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. This year, they are capturing once unimaginable attention.

A parade of significant hydrogen-related announcements began even before what has become a must-attend event that outgrew its Long Beach, California, venue. Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), which doesn’t make commercial trucks, confirmed production later this year of a heavy-duty fuel cell system at its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/act-expo-a-coming-of-age-for-hydrogen-powered-trucking

Freightliner eM2 completes Daimler Truck EV commercial vehicle lineup

3 May 2023

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A year after starting regular production of its Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck, Daimler Truck North America will build the eM2 medium-duty model this fall. It plans for utility bucket trucks and other vocational applications after starting with straight trucks.

The launch of the Class 6 eM2 was delayed by supply chain disruptions. But DTNA applied much of what it learned from the second-generation eCascadia daycab. That sometimes meant operating from 5...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightliner-em2-completes-daimler-truck-ev-commercial-vehicle-lineup