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Daimler Trucks North America has appointed Eileen Frack general manager of human resources, effective Aug. 1.

The president of Daimler Trucks North America said the company will not attend the 2016 Mid-America Trucking Show and will instead focus attention next year on the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Germany.

The president of Daimler Trucks North America said the company will not attend the 2016 Mid-America Trucking Show and will instead focus attention next year on the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Germany.

LAS VEGAS — Freightliner unveiled Inspiration, the first legally licensed autonomous-driving truck in the United States on May 5, in a video spectacular splashed on the walls of Hoover Dam.

Daimler Trucks North America plans to “sharply increase production and employment levels” at its Mount Holly, North Carolina, truck manufacturing plant over the next three months.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Daimler Trucks North America said its Freightliner SuperTruck has achieved 115% freight-efficiency improvement, more than doubling the Department of Energy’s goal of 50% improvement.

Daimler Trucks said it expects “significant profit” in 2015 and projects a 10% increase in its North American heavy- and medium-duty truck sales.

Two current and two former African-American employees of Daimler Trucks North America have filed a $9.5 million suit against the truck maker, saying they suffered job discrimination, threats of violence and harassment.

Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler AG’s global truck unit, said he does not expect demand for trucks in emerging markets to recover in 2015, Reuters reported.