Daimler Trucks in up to $500M supply agreement with Northstar Battery
13 September 2016
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has entered into a 7-year agreement with Swedish-American energy storage manufacturer NorthStar Battery Company as the supplier of Ultra High Performance Pure Lead AGM batteries as part of the improvements being made to the next-generation Cascadia truck. NorthStar is also available as an extended life option on the majority of DTNA platforms creating a strategic partnership valued at up to $500 million.
The agreement with Daimler makes NorthStar batteries a standard on all ParkSmart optioned trucks as well as a standard option on most other Freightliner, Western Star, Freightliner Chassis and Thomas Bus factory orders. NorthStar is now also available from DTNA’s extensive network of dealers throughout North America.
DTNA is the first to market in offering its customers an Ultra High Performance Pure Lead AGM power solution as a standard offering for ParkSmart models. This provides a real advantage to fleets by reducing down time and operating costs. Customers trading in trucks every four years may never have to replace a battery during the ownership cycle of the truck.
NorthStar received worldwide approval to supply batteries to Daimler Original Equipment platforms.
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