Freightliner Trucks has announced availability of a regular production hybrid-drive drop-frame beverage truck. Using a Business Class M2-106 chassis and Eaton Corp.’s electric hybrid system, the Class 6 truck promises substantial fuel savings compared to straight diesel trucks on city stop-and-go routes.
The Freightliner hybrid uses a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine coupled with an electric motor-generator and […]

Freightliner LLC is moving 341 jobs to South Carolina to be closer to the truck manufacturer’s customers and production sites.
The heavy truck subsidiary of German automaker Daimler AG said the move to Fort Mill, S.C., affects about 10 percent of its Portland workforce, primarily in sales, marketing and dealer support positions.
Freightliner Trucks is the leading […]