page_title: Freightliner Trucks
section_title: 2010s-present
hierarchical_section_title: Freightliner Trucks / History / 2010s-present
caption_attribution_description: English: Continental Patriotic Truck
context_page_description: Freightliner Trucks is an American truck manufacturer. Founded in 1929 as the truck-manufacturing division of Consolidated Freightways, the company was established in 1942 as Freightliner Corporation. Owned by Daimler AG since 1981, Freightliner is a part of Daimler subsidiary Daimler Trucks North America.
  Freightliner produces a range of vans, medium-duty trucks, and heavy-duty trucks; under its Freightliner Custom Chassis subsidiary, the company produces bare chassis and cutaway chassis for multiple types of vehicles. The company popularized the use of cabover semitractors, with the Freightliner Argosy later becoming the final example of the type sold in North America.
  The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon; vehicles are currently manufactured in Cleveland and Mount Holly, North Carolina and Santiago Tianguistenco and Saltillo, Mexico.
context_section_description: Following the closure of Sterling, the Freightliner model line underwent a transition.  While the M2 remained unchanged, the FLD 120/132 Classic/Classic XL were discontinued for 2010; after the model year, the Columbia and Century Class were also discontinued (in North America).  In line with the Argosy, production of the Century Class shifted entirely to export.  The Coronado long-hood conventional was joined by the Coronado SD (developed primarily for vocational applications).
  In 2010, Freightliner introduced its first diesel-electric hybrid vehicle, based on a M2 106.
  For 2011, the company debuted the SD model family.  Alongside the Coronado SD introduced the previous year, two new models were added, the 108SD and 114SD, derived from the M2 model family.
  In 2012, Freightliner celebrated its 70th anniversary, unveiling the Revolution concept vehicle.  Constructed of carbon fiber and plastic, the cab featured a redesigned layout. Intended for use by a single driver, the passenger seat was replaced by a jumpseat (converting into a sleeper bed); to optimize trailer hookups, the design included a rear access door.  As a result of increased demand for the Cascadia, parent company DTNA announced plans in 2012 to expand its workforce at its Cleveland, NC facility.  Alongside the Cascadia, nearly 20% of trucks produced by the plant (including the Argosy and Century Class) were exported to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
  In 2013, Freightliner expanded its alternative-fuel lineup, adding a natural-gas version of the Cascadia.  Introduced as a premium option for the Cascadia, the Cascadia Evolution further enhanced aerodynamics and fuel economy (distinguished by its full rear wheel covers) and improved interior features.  The Coronado was added to SD model family, renamed the 122SD.
  On August 22, 2014, the Cleveland plant built the 3 millionth vehicle of Daimler Truck North America, a 2015 Cascadia Evolution.  At the time, Freightliner employed 2600 workers at the facility and 8000 employees in North Carolina.
  In May 2015, the Freightliner Inspiration was unveiled near Hoover Dam.  The first road-licensed autonomous semitruck, the Inspiration was loosely based on a Cascadia.  A Level 3 autonomous vehicle, the autonomous driving system was equated to the autopilot system of an airliner (requiring operator presence).
  For 2017 production, Freightliner introduced a second-generation Cascadia, adopting elements of the design from the Inspiration autonomous vehicle.
  For 2018, Freightliner debuted the EconicSD low-entry COE.  Intended largely for refuse applications, the model line is an adaptation of the Mercedes-Benz Econic.
  In September 2019, parent company Daimler announced that it would be halting "its internal combustion engine development initiatives as part of its efforts to embrace electric vehicles."
caption: Freightliner New Cascadia
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