Road Test
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reightliner has built a great deal of anticipation around its new flagship Cascadia, a truck that the Daimler organisation has a lot riding on. Then along came the Covid 19 crisis and what was supposed to be a big year for the new truck has been turned into a bit of a slow start for this important new truck. The crisis has caused supply chain issues
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that slowed production from Daimler’s plant in North Carolina as well as knock on issues with shipping and other logistics just getting the trucks across the Pacific. However we are told that trucks due to be delivered in April or may are now reaching customers in Australia. Hats off to Daimler trucks Australia though, the company has been working
away within the restrictions and lock downs and just trying to get on with it the best they can given the circumstances. It is clear Daniel Whitehead and his teams including the Freightliner operation, headed up by Stephen Downes are very focussed and are happy to play the long game. They know that things hasten slowly in the truck business and they have
