Feb 16, 2023 - 02:54 pm
US foods to procure 30 electric trucks in California
Food delivery company US Foods is adding 30 electric trucks to its fleet this year. These will be used around the company’s distribution centre in La Mirada, California. US Foods has already taken delivery of its first electric truck, an eCascadia from the Daimler truck US brand Freightliner.
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Nov 30, 2022 - 02:37 pm
Daimler delivers eCascadia e-trucks to Penske and Sysco
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has just handed over the first examples of the production version of its battery-electric heavy-duty truck Freightliner eCascadia to customers. Two Freightliner eCascadia went to Penske Truck Leasing and another one went to the food delivery company Sysco.
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Sep 8, 2022 - 02:29 pm
Freightliner sells 250 electric trucks to Pride Group Enterprises
Pride Group Enterprises, a North American logistics operator, ordered 250 heavy-duty electric trucks from Daimler Truck’s Freightliner brand. The trucks will join the company’s fleet in 2023 and pose the next step to complete electrification Pride has targeted at the latest in 2024.
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Jun 9, 2022 - 04:12 pm
Walmart trials Freightliner eCascadia and Nikola Tre trucks
US retail giant Walmart this week said it was expanding zero-emission logistics pilots adding Nikola and Daimler Truck’s Freightliner as manufacturers. The heavy-duty electric trucks are part of Walmart’s ongoing efforts to completely decarbonise its global operations by 2040.
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May 20, 2022 - 01:50 pm
Daimler Truck & Sysco sign MoU for 800 electric trucks
The US food delivery company Sysco has signed a letter of intent with Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) to purchase up to 800 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks. The first eCascadia delivery is scheduled to arrive at Sysco’s Riverside, California location later this year.
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May 12, 2022 - 01:18 pm
Daimler presents eCascadia for North America
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has now presented the production version of its battery-electric truck model Freightliner eCascadia. Production is set to start later this year at Freightliner’s factory in Portland, Oregon. Freightliner has received around 700 orders for the electric truck so far.
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Mar 4, 2020 - 09:49 pm
Daimler tests e-semi-trailers and trucks in North America
Daimler Trucks is launching another eight fully-electric Freightliner trucks for customer testing in North America. Over a period of 22 months, 14 different customers from a range of sectors will operate six heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia and two medium-duty Freightliner eM2 106 within their daily transport business.
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Aug 13, 2019 - 03:47 pm
First pre-series eCascadia models delivered
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has delivered the first units of its battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia truck to customers. However, these are test vehicles and series production is not scheduled to start until 2021.
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Apr 25, 2019 - 12:39 pm
USA: Daimler prepares serial electric truck production
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced its plan to convert their Portland plant in Oregon for the production of electric trucks under Freightliner banner next year. Serial production of the eM2 and eCascadia models is set to start in 2021.
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Jan 3, 2019 - 04:14 pm
Daimler delivers first fully electric freightliner eM2
With the delivery of the first all-electric Freightliner eM2 to Penske Truck Leasing, Daimler Trucks has now also launched practical tests for heavy and medium-heavy electric trucks in the USA. In future, Penske Truck Leasing will use the electric truck in local distribution traffic in the northwest of the USA and in California.
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Jun 28, 2018 - 02:49 pm
USA: Daimler Trucks preparing real-life trials in fleets
The two all-electric trucks Daimler dedicated to the U.S. market are about to take up real-life testing at selected clients based in California and the Pacific North West. In preparation of production in 2021, Daimler also installed the Electric Vehicle Council to share their insights from the trials.
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Jun 7, 2018 - 02:49 pm
Daimler Trucks founds e-mobility unit & announces new trucks
Daimler Trucks & Buses is bundling their know-how for electric propulsion systems in utility vehicles in a new, global-acting organization named the E-Mobility Group (EMG). They also introduced two new trucks, which were especially developed for the US market.
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