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Daimler Truck AG (holding company legal name Daimler Truck Holding AG) is the world's largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, with over 35 main locations worldwide and approximately 100,000 employees. Daimler Truck AG is headquartered in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. The Daimler Truck and Daimler Buses divisions include the eight vehicle brands BharatBenz, Freightliner, FUSO, Mercedes-Benz, RIZON, Setra, Thomas Built Buses and Western Star. Daimler Truck is the global market leader in the medium and heavy-duty truck segment with a gross vehicle weight of over 6 tons.
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Daimler is participating in the EU Truck Platooning Challenge. The Daimler Platoon just left Stuttgart on their way to Rotterdam, driving semi autonomously with HighwayPilot Connect. Looks like MB Passion is on board. :)

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New power from Detroit for Daimler-trucks in North America
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Stuttgart/Redford, Michigan – In February, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) subsidiary Detroit Diesel Corporation increased their engine-portfolio. The Detroit DD8 is built in the Detroit components plant and powers medium-duty trucks. Depending on output, the six-cylinder engine with 7.7 liter displacement releases between 260 and 350 hp. By introducing the DD8, Daimler is ahead of the competition in the rollout of its global platform-strategy for drive trains. Over the last four years, Daimler Trucks has invested around 285 million euro in the renewal of its engine portfolio in North America.

Daimler has introduced its heavy-duty truck engine-platform in 2007. In 2013 medium-duty engines were added to the strategy. Since then the amount of DTNA trucks with Detroit engines has been growing continuously. For customers in North America it used to be very common to power their commercial vehicles with engines by other brands. However, not so with Freightliner and Western Star trucks: 95 percent of customers decide on engines by Detroit. Especially as part of the integrated drive train by Detroit it offers a higher efficiency and lower maintenance costs.

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Strong development of commercial vehicle market in NAFTA

At the moment sales numbers and orders of Daimler trucks in NAFTA are on a strong rise. For this year, Daimler Trucks is expecting sales number to be significantly higher than last year. In 2017, Daimler Trucks already increased sales significantly in NAFTA – they went up 13 percent to 165,012 units (PY 145,701 units). In 2017 overall, with a market share of 39.8 percent (PY 39.3 percent) in weight classes 6 to 8, Daimler Trucks was undisputed market leader in medium- and heavy-duty segments in North America.

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Detroit Diesel Corporation erweitert Motorenportfolio - Mercedes-Benz Passion Blog / Mercedes Benz, smart, Maybach, AMG
 
Wolfgang said:
Platooning: birds as a role model

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MIT scientists have analysed truck platooning and found out how large savings in fuel can be achieved using simple solutions.

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Daimler abandons platooning to focus on automation

Will be first to market with Level 2 autonomous truck

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Daimler Trucks has determined that truck platooning is not currently viable, and will instead focus its efforts on developing autonomous vehicles.

This includes bringing the industry’s first truck featuring SAE Level 2 autonomy to the market later this year.

Those were among the key announcements from Daimler, made during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here today.


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