DTNA News Updates

Country music singer-songwriter Eric Church and folk rock band The Avett Brothers were the surprise entertainment at Daimler's customer appreciation event.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales jumped 30% year over year in September, while year-to-date sales remain down 5%.

North America posted the larger percentage increase of the two truck segments in Q3, while Mercedes-Benz Trucks also recorded higher sales.

Before plant employees, Paccar CEO Preston Feight and regional politicians, Trump highlighted the EPA’s proposed revisions to NOx emissions regulations.

Daimler Truck North America is pressing the EPA to finalize its proposed revisions to the nitrogen oxide-emissions rule for model-year 2027 engines.

A total of 350 staff will be based at the site. Other U.S. offices were closed as operations were consolidated in the Charlotte-area suburb.

Daimler Truck became nimbler over the past nearly five years in an ever-changing world, according to CEO Karin Radstrom, as was intended when the OEM went public.

“We have a couple of sites, so I hope we make a decision pretty soon,” CEO Karin Radstrom said Sept. 13 at an event preceding the IAA Transportation conference.

Overall, Mexican commercial vehicle production in August totaled 16,389 trucks and buses, up 100.2% year on year. Production also jumped 24.9% month on month.

The Generation 6 engines meet Environmental Protection Agency 2027 nitrogen oxide emissions rules scheduled to become effective Jan. 1.