Daimler AG News Updates

Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

DTNA Looks at Potential 218,000 Trucks in Recall

Daimler Truck North America announced a recall of potentially 218,147 units including certain new Cascadia, Western Star and Business Class M2 models equipped with painted modulator valves and adaptive cruise control technology and related anomalies with braking.

November 8, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Daimler Eyes Future Collaborations on Diesel Engines

HANOVER, Germany — Industry partnerships for production of diesel engines are a potential next step for manufacturers spreading resources across rapidly evolving alternative power sources, and an announcement on such an initiative could arrive sooner rather than later, Daimler Truck executives said during the IAA Transportation 2022 conference.

September 27, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous

Daum Stresses Green Technology, Collaboration

HANOVER, Germany — Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum said his company is pursuing a clean-energy strategy built around electric and fuel cell technology, setting aside natural gas as a component of the plan.

September 20, 2022
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Daimler, Waymo Partner on Autonomous Test in Texas

Waymo will soon begin on-highway testing of self-driving Freightliner Cascadia models equipped with redundant systems and components designed to eventually support unmanned operation.

August 24, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Daimler Truck Shrugs Off Supply Chain Issues With Rising Sales

Daimler Truck Holding AG overcame supply chain headwinds to increase unit sales during the second quarter of 2022, the company reported Aug. 11.

August 11, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Daimler, Traton, Volvo Get Final Approval for Charging JV

Truck makers Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and Traton Group announced their joint venture, launched in December 2021 to develop charging infrastructure in Europe, gained the final necessary regulatory approvals.

July 11, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

DTNA Unveils Production-Ready eCascadia at ACT Expo

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Freightliner Trucks, a division of Daimler Truck North America, has unveiled its production-ready eCascadia Class 8 electric truck, built on the best-selling heavy-duty truck platform in North America.

May 10, 2022
Business, Equipment

Daimler Truck Reports Initial Quarterly Earnings as Independent Company

Daimler Truck Group, reporting for the first time as an independent company, saw fourth-quarter net income plunge and revenue tick up compared with the same 2020 period.

March 25, 2022
Business

Daimler Details Ownership Stakes, Joint Ventures With Chinese Partners

When a Chinese billionaire became Daimler AG’s biggest shareholder in 2018, it caused quite a stir. Another Chinese investor took an even bigger stake the following year, the Mercedes-Benz maker just disclosed for the first time.

December 13, 2021
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Daimler Truck Launches as Public Company

To the clanging of a bell and the blasting of a truck air horn, Daimler Truck began trading Dec. 10 as an independent company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the stock symbol DTG, marking a new era following its spinoff from Daimler AG.

December 10, 2021