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Freightliner Trucks is an American semi truck manufacturer. [1] Founded in 1929 as the truck-manufacturing division of Consolidated Freightways (from which it derives its name), the company was established in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation. [2]
To begin with, Freightliner only built equipment for CF but in 1951 the company contracted Ohio-based White Motor Company to market and sell the excess trucks that CF didn't need, as it expanded, [1] creating the White/Freightliner name. CF also built their own trailers, eliminating the middleman and allowing for costs to stay low.
1995- Freightliner launches Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and acquires American LaFrance. 1997- Freightliner acquires Ford Motor Company's heavy-truck business and names it "Sterling." Freightliner launches SelecTrucks. 1998- Freightliner acquires Thomas Built Buses. Daimler-Benz and Chrysler merge.
In 1995, Freightliner, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, purchased the remnants of the company, yet again resurrecting LaFrance. Freightliner continued to utilize American LaFrance's original nameplates and designations including the Eagle custom chassis. Many of their Liberty products were built on Freightliner M2 or Sterling Acterra
Top 10 vehicles reported stolen in Ohio in 2022. Hyundai Elantra (1,476) Hyundai Sonata (1,244) Kia Optima (900) Ford full size pick-up truck (887)
By 1 p.m., first responders told dispatchers they needed to block off U.S. 50 at Kilby Road, as well as Ohio 128. The Central Railroad of Indiana was notified that a railcar on its property was ...
The Daimler Truck and Daimler Buses divisions include the eight vehicle brands BharatBenz, Freightliner, FUSO, Mercedes-Benz, RIZON, Setra, Thomas Built Buses and Western Star. Daimler Truck is the global market leader in the medium and heavy-duty truck segment with a gross vehicle weight of over 6 tons.
The Illinois-based company, which provides software to around 15,000 dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, was hit with back-to-back cyber incidents on Wednesday. It wasn’t clear how many ...