It was only a matter of time before our biggest road users began using the windtunnel to optimise performance and Freightliner’s new Cascadia is the first Class 8 truck designed this way. The result is a 3 percent improvement in fuel economy over previous models. When developing the Cascadia, Freightliner truck studied the needs of [...]
Freightliner LLC introduced a concept heavy-duty truck that uses fuel cells to generate electrical power for on-board vehicle appliances. The demonstration truck-a Class 8 Freightliner Century Class S/T-shows an alternative for powering auxiliary devices on a parked heavy-duty truck in lieu of idling the engine. The truck was displayed at the Department of Transportation’s National [...]
The trucking industry has been deeply influenced by the rising fuel prices as never before, Freightliner has developed a new truck from the ground up that offers significant fuel savings as well as a new level of driver comfort and styling. The Freightliner Cascadia was launched in May 2007 and it won’t be wrong to [...]
