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Daimler Trucks Invests Half a Billion Euros in Highly Automated Trucks

This investment in the coming years will create more than 200 new jobs in Daimler's global push to bring highly automated trucks (SAE level 4) to the road within a decade.

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DTNA Introduces First SAE Level 2 Automated Truck in North America with Freightliner New Cascadia

Daimler Truck North America LLC

Level 2 automation means the truck is capable of both lateral (steering) and longitudinal (acceleration/deceleration) control.

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NA Class 8 Orders Totaled 490,100 Units in 2018

Americas Commercial Transportation Research Co. LLC/ACT Research

ACT Research says orders far outstripped the previous annual order tally set in 2004 at 390,000 units, with orders averaging 40,800 units/month in 2018.

FTR Reports North American Class 8 Orders Fell Again in December

FTR Transportation Intelligence

Orders fell to 21,000 units in December, and order totals are expected to be low over the next several months as few build slots remain for 2019.

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World of Asphalt 2019 Set to be Largest Ever

AEM says over 440 exhibitors are currently scheduled to exhibit at the show, 110 of which are new to the event.

Acela Truck Company and Roughrider International Announce Strategic Distribution Partnership

Acela Truck Company

Through the partnership, Roughrider will provide Acela Monterra extreme-duty, high-mobility trucks for use in the Canadian mining, oil & gas, powerline and pipeline markets.

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BOMAG Americas and Komatsu America Corp. Form Distribution Agreement

BOMAG Americas Inc.

Komatsu’s six company owned dealerships will sell and support BOMAG compaction, milling, paving and reclaiming/stabilizing equipment for roadbuilding and other construction markets.

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Technology News Tracker: Scania Testing Autonomous Trucks in Australian Mine

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Daimler Trucks Sells Over 500,000 Trucks in 2018

Daimler Trucks reported its best sales result in the past decade with its increase in sales, including double-digit growth in North America, Asia and Latin America.

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Epiroc Completes Acquisition of Canadian Exploration Tools Manufacturer

The business will be part of Epiroc’s Rock Drilling Tools division, and will continue to be based in Montreal.

CASE Announces Fourth-Annual Dire States Equipment Grant

Case Construction Equipment

The grant provides $25,000 in free equipment use to one winning community to repair and/or build local infrastructure or other critical systems.

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NA Class 8 Orders Begin to Moderate

Americas Commercial Transportation Research Co. LLC/ACT Research

ACT Research reports Class 8 orders rose in November, but were down on a year-over-year basis signaling a shift to more moderate activity levels.

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