PORTLAND, Ore. — Freightliner and the US Department of Transportation have conducted the largest ever field test on vehicle safety and reliability. The three-year study focused on the effectiveness of ...

This story appears in the Sept. 22 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Heavy-duty truck components supplier Eaton Corp. said its Vorad VS-400 collision-warning system has ...

A new collision avoidance system, now available on Freightliner Trucks, gives drivers another tool to improve safety. The OnGuard Collision Safety System uses the vehicle’s foundation brakes to ...

Planned for production beginning Sept. 1, ASGA detects moving objects in the path of a right-hand turn at speeds below 12 mph and applies the brakes, which the company said could improve safety at ...

The American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council’s Annual Meeting is ongoing this week in Atlanta, Georgia, where prominent trucking industry suppliers have announced updates to ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Freightliner is launching a new electronic stability control (ESC) system that can greatly reduce the risk of rollovers, say company officials. The new ESC system was developed ...

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2022 Freightliner Cascadia vehicles. The antilock brakes (ABS) and electronic stability control (ESC) may be manually disabled. As such, ...

Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2022 Freightliner Cascadia vehicles. The Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) fault codes will not be stored when the vehicle is keyed off for ...

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 160,000 Freightliner Cascadia models for an issue that could affect the trucks’ automatic braking systems, according to National Highway Traffic ...