Western Star Trucks has designed a 40-ton dump truck that it says is a lower-cost alternative to traditional haul trucks. The extra-heavy-duty vehicle is based on a 6900XD with a commercial-style cab, ...

Western Star vocational trucks are sold out through the first two quarters of 2024, prompting executives at parent company Daimler Truck to suggest a boost in production capacity. Martin Daum, Daimler ...

Western Star Trucks has been entrusted with another piece of America’s precious aviation history. Last year, Nickel Brothers from Nanaimo, British Columbia, were tasked with transporting one of two ...

Western Star Trucks, a Daimler Truck North America brand, has added safety features for its vocational models, Western Star X-Series 47X and 49X. The new X-Series was developed with safety as a top ...

The leaders of Daimler Truck North America are aiming to grow their share of the heavy-duty vocational market by more than 10 points between now and 2030, they told investors and analysts July 8.

More than 21,000 Western Star 49X and 47X trucks are being recalled because a stud connecting the battery to the starter at the frame rail may have been incorrectly installed, which can cause a short ...

Daimler Trucks North America designs and manufactures commercial vehicles under the Freightliner Trucks and Western Star Trucks brands, as well as Thomas Built Buses. Daimler Truck is issuing lay-offs ...