Mercedes-Benz Trucks received 1,500 units order from CS Cargo Group

Daimler AG and CS Cargo Group have signed a framework agreement regulating the delivery of 335 Actros trucks in 2008. The agreement also gives CS Cargo Group the option to order a total of 1,500 Mercedes-Benz trucks by 2010.

For Mercedes Benz Trucks the new contract is the largest order ever received from central Europe”. The purchase indicates that transport business in central Europe is growing very fast.

It is learned that the trucks are equipped with FleetBoard, the fully automated Mercedes PowerShift transmission, and environmentally friendly, fuel-saving BlueTEC technology. Mercedes PowerShift combines manual transmission with an electronic control unit that includes automated gear shifting and clutch operation as well as numerous other operating functions that ensure more comfortable, more economical, and safer driving. The BlueTEC diesel technology developed by Daimler is a technical solution for making commercial vehicles compliant with the Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards while substantially improving their fuel economy. Assuming an average annual distance covered of 150,000 kilometers in long-haul operations, this means fuel savings of between 1,500 and 2,000 liters per year.

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