Freightliner News Updates

Classes 4-7 retail truck sales for the month decreased 14.1% to 13,591 units from 15,824 a year earlier. 

The federal excise tax landed on the statute books in 1917 and remains there, crimping sales of new trucks and inhibiting the industry’s ongoing push toward greater environmental progress.

Freightliner and Western Star customers will be able to choose from six Cummins engines for model-year 2027 trucks, including the first gasoline option Freightliner will make available.

The company’s Gen 6 portfolio comprises the 13-liter DD13, 15-liter DD15 and 16-liter DD16 engines, and will be available for all heavy-duty Freightliner and Western Star trucks.

Medium-duty truck sales in January reached 12 consecutive months of year-over-year declines, according to Omdia Automotive. Classes 4-7 retail sales fell 16.6% to 16,035 units.  

President Trump introduced 25% tariffs on U.S. imports of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts on Nov. 1 as he seeks to reorient trade flows, although the full details are yet to emerge.

Daimler Truck North America follows Volvo Truck North America and Mack Trucks in partnering with Class8 to offer carriers technology typically provided by third parties.

U.S. medium-duty truck sales are on track to end 2025 with only one year-over-year increase, that coming in January, according to data from Omdia Automotive.

DTNA unit Detroit has introduced the DT12-VL, an automated manual transmission designed to boost payload capacity and off-road performance for heavy-duty vocational trucks.

Daimler Truck Financial Services USA and Geico launched a connected insurance program that uses real-time driving data to lower premiums for Freightliner and Western Star truck owners.