Giant side-view mirrors, accelerators, and brake pedals – there’s a lot of equipment on semi-trucks that’s rapidly becoming obsolete, according to Martin Daum, chief executive of Daimler Trucks North America. Daum sat down with Trucks.com at the unveiling of the manufacturer’s 2018 Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck last week and described how he expects trucks to change […]
Archives for September 2016
VW Truck Division Pays $256 Million for Big Navistar Stake
Volkswagen’s truck division is acquiring a nearly 17 percent stake in Navistar International Corp. as the German automaker seeks to gain a foothold in the North American heavy-duty truck market. The companies will share technology, research, and procurement to help them prepare for increasingly stringent greenhouse gas emissions standards both in the U.S. and globally. […]
