specifically for the North American heavy-duty commercial truck market. The new orders are valued at USD 4.3 million (approx. NOK 45 million) and include over 20 leading Class 8 fleets. At the end of April 2025, Daimler Truck North America officially announced it had opened orders for Freightliner Cascadia trucks equipped with the Cummins X15N. Daimler, Kenworth, and Peterbilt now offer natural gas truck options powered by the X15N engine. Based...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/13

CT) Expo 2025 from April 28 to May 1, 2025. The company will highlight its comprehensive portfolio of highly efficient eCV technologies, including the innovative iM-575 integrated inverter-motor drive module. The iM-575 combines BorgWarner’s proven High Voltage Hairpin motor, HVH320-216, with the Cascadia Motion 350 inverter which features the Viper silicon carbide power module, ideally suited for Class 6 to 8 CVs. This integrated module provid...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/22

Daimler Truck delivers latest autonomous-ready truck platform to Torc On April 16,  Daimler Truck North America announced it has started delivering its latest flagship on-highway trucks to the autonomous testing fleet of Torc Robotics. These trucks are based on the recently unveiled Fifth Generation Freightliner Cascadia, which was introduced in 2024. The autonomous-ready version of the new Freightliner flagship is equipped with redundant safety...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/17

e DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip (SoC) and DriveOS operating system, and with Flex for their Jupiter compute design platform and advanced manufacturing capabilities. This provides Torc with a scalable high-performance production hardware and software platform based on the autonomous-ready Freightliner Cascadia equipped with advanced technologies and redundant systems designed to support future deployment of autonomous driving capabilities. (Torc rel...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/20

Daimler Truck updates about upcoming vehicles On March 14, Daimler Truck announced that it will launch a series production of the fifth-generation Cascadia in mid-2025. Its product portfolio of battery-electric trucks and buses has broadened to eleven models worldwide.  Daimler Buses presented a near-series prototype of the Mercedes-Benz eIntouro intercity bus, with customer deliveries set for 2026. In Latin America, the articulated variant of t...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/15

Torc Robotics and Aeva collaborate to accelerate autonomous truck technology On January 2, Aeva and Torc Robotics announced an expansion of their collaboration to advance the development of a new safety architecture for L4 truck applications to benefit the development of Torc’s Virtual Driver vehicle software.  The companies will share a Freightliner Cascadia vehicle platform and collect 4D LiDAR sensing data for use in long-range sensing appl...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/03

CES 2025: Aeva to showcase 4D LiDAR for automated driving with automotive partners On December 19, Aeva announced its participation in CES 2025, where it will introduce and demonstrate a new long-range high-resolution 4D LiDAR sensor for automotive applications, provide a preview of Torc’s autonomous Freightliner Cascadia commercial vehicle equipped with Aeva 4D LiDAR technology, and showcase a new in-cabin LiDAR collaboration. •    Aeva’...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/20

Torc Robotics successfully validates fully autonomous system Torc Robotics, a subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG specializing in self-driving vehicle technology, announced that it began successful advanced validation of the company’s autonomous trucks in a testing program which started earlier in 2024. The test used Torc’s integrated platform on a Freightliner Cascadia traveling at speeds up to 65 mph without a driver on a multi-lane closed-cours...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/31

Stoneridge MirrorEye system to be available on new Freightliner Cascadia Stoneridge, Inc. announced that its MirrorEye Camera Monitor System will be available on Daimler Truck North America’s (DTNA) new fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia, which is expected to begin series production in 2025. DTNA’s branded MirrorCam System is based on Stoneridge’s MirrorEye technology. MirrorCam is designed to improve driver awareness by enhancing tradi...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/31

Freightliner unveils fifth-generation Cascadia Class 8 truck in U.S. On October 15, Freightliner unveiled the fifth generation Cascadia, with advanced safety features, increased aerodynamic efficiency and the addition of new business intelligence tools. The fifth-gen Cascadia is scheduled to begin production mid-2025, available at launch with Detroit DD13 and DD15 engines, with ratings of up to 505 hp and 1,850 lb-ft of torque. The Cummins X15 an...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/16

Cascadia Motion transitions to BorgWarner brand Cascadia Motion announced it is transitioning its products to the parent BorgWarner brand as it continues to expand its portfolio of integrated electric drive modules.  Cascadia Motion LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BorgWarner Inc. in 2019 to buy assets and merge the operations of two Oregon-based businesses, Rinehart Motion Systems LLC and AM Racing Inc. The brand transitioning will take plac...

News  Updated at: 2024/07/24

lifornia Energy Commission (CEC) initiative, the showcased vehicle will demonstrate the performance and reliability of zero-emission fuel cell technology for demanding heavy-duty transportation. Symbio has designed, developed, and integrated its 400 kW StackPack fuel cell system into a Freightliner Cascadia class-8 tractor. With a 70kg hydrogen tank onboard, the truck can travel over 450 miles per fueling. This truck is also equipped with next-ge...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/17

Freightliner produces 1 millionth Cascadia Class 8 truck On April 17, Freightliner, a brand of Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA), celebrated the production of the 1 millionth Freightliner Cascadia – the first Class 8 truck in North America to reach the seven-figure mark. What started as an idea to develop a truck with new aerodynamic, lightweight, and uptime-improving features has since evolved through four generations of the platform.  F...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/18

Allison Transmission equips Freightliner Cascadia CNG trucks On February 8, Allison Transmission announced a leading global logistics and delivery company will add Freightliner Cascadia compressed natural gas (CNG) day cab tractors equipped with the Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series (RHS) transmission to its fleet of 18,000 tractors.  After initially introducing the 3414 RHS into Cascadia models paired with the DD13 diesel engine in early 2022, ...

News  Updated at: 2024/02/13

rcial vehicle program. Under the production collaboration, Aeva will supply its latest Aeva Atlas automotive grade 4D LiDAR technology to Daimler Truck and collaborate with Daimler subsidiary Torc Robotics to enable SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicle capabilities beginning with the Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia truck platform. Daimler Truck intends to integrate the LiDAR sensors directly in its production process, and Torc in turn will sell its virtu...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/10

Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics conducts Level 4 autonomous driving for US Highways On December 11, Daimler Truck announced its collaboration with Torc Robotics, in advancing autonomous driving for US highways. Torc has been testing self-driving Freightliner Cascadia trucks, incorporating a safety driver and a trip leader for real applications like the Phoenix to Oklahoma City route. The aim is to offer SAE Level 4 autonomous trucks for hub-to-hu...

News  Updated at: 2023/12/12

Freightliner Cascadia to offer Cummins X15N natural gas engine in 2025 Freightliner announced it is working with Cummins Inc. to offer the new Cummins X15N natural gas engine in its heavy-duty Freightliner Cascadia trucks. The X15N is the first natural gas engine to be designed specifically for heavy-duty and on-highway truck applications, producing 400 to 500 hp and 1,450 to 1,850 lb-ft of torque, achieving optimum performance when paired with t...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/06

in this decade.Torc has been working closely with Algolux for over a year on multiple perception concepts and methods for robustly improving object detection and distance estimation while evaluating synergies between the two companies. Algolux software is currently operating on initial Freightliner Cascadia test vehicles in the U.S. and is being included in areas of Torc's software development efforts. Algolux is headquartered in Montreal, Canada...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/20

DTNA unveils advanced Freightliner SuperTruck II, FCEV SuperTruck III to follow On February 1, Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) unveiled its SuperTruck II, an efficient diesel Class 8 truck with fuel-saving technologies that is based on its Freightliner Cascadia model.Daimler said the truck runs at about 12 mpg, significantly better than the 6.2 mpg for typical Class 8 diesels. Although California, Europe and other regions are forcing a gradual...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/02

DTNA produces 800,000 heavy trucks at Cleveland Truck Manufacturing On September 8, Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) announced the production of the 800,000th vehicle built at its Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant located in North Carolina. The milestone Freightliner Cascadia was presented to the customer, Old Dominion Freight Line.Freightliner Trucks acquired the plant in 1989 and currently produces the Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia, Western...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/17