Industry News

World Firsts From Mercedes Benz Trucks For Greater Safety On Roads

The new Active Sideguard Assist with automated braking function can not only warn the driver but initiate an automated braking manoeuvre until the vehicle comes to a standstill. The most popular Actros and Arocs model designations will be equipped with Active Sideguard Assist from June 2021 whenever a turning assistance system is required. Also available from June 2021 for the best-selling Actros model designations: Active Drive Assist 2 comprises...

Daimler Truck Ag And The Volvo Group Complete Cellcentric

Daimler Truck AG and the Volvo Group today completed the transaction to form the previously announced fuel-cell joint venture. The Volvo Group has acquired 50 percent of the partnership interests in the existing Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co. KG for approximately SEK 6.3 billion (approximately EUR 0.6 billion) on a cash and debt-free basis. The ambition is to make the new joint venture a leading global manufacturer of fuel-cells and thus h...

Torc Robotics Selects Aws As Preferred Cloud Provider For Self Driving Truck Fleet

Torc Robotics has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. as its preferred cloud provider to handle the scale and speed needed for data transfer storage and compute capacity as the company prepares to deploy its fleet of next-generation self-driving test trucks in New Mexico and Virginia. With the growth in test fleet size number of routes and sensor capability there is an increase in data ingestion and analysis needs by engineering teams in the U...

Karin Rådström Takes Over Management Of Mercedes Benz Trucks

Karin Rådström took up her position as Member of the Board of Management Daimler Truck AG responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks today. Rådström most recently has been responsible for sales and marketing at Scania as a member of the Executive Board. “We are very pleased to welcome Karin to our global leadership team. She has a wealth of international experience in the commercial vehicles industry and a proven track record in shaping a customer focus...

Knettenbrech + Gurdulic Receive The First Of More Than 100 Vehicles

Knettenbrech + Gurdulic Service GmbH & Co. KG is one of the top ten waste disposal and recycling companies in Germany A major order for more than 100 Mercedes-Benz vehicles underscores the success of the company In mid-January of 2021 the first four Actros and Arocs were handed over at Taunus-Auto in Wiesbaden Safety systems have the highest priority for the company Typically short routes and as a result frequent starts and stops: waste dispos...