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Q. How Many Different Types of Inverters Does Xantrex Offer for Heavy Duty Trucks?

A. Xantrex offers a variety of inverter options for all classes of trucks. From a Class 8 perspective, Xantrex inverters are offered as factory option by the leading heavy duty truck brands. In terms of power range, 1500-watts to 2000-watts inverters are very popular with fleets and truck drivers. We offer inverters from 400-watts to 6000-watts. Our truck product line includes standalone inverters, inverters with built-in charger and battery monitoring equipment. We offer a wide variety of SINE WAVE inverters which means the power supplied by the inverter is just like the power at home. All of our inverters are compliant with UL458 safety and regulatory standards and meet TMC's RP 163 recommendations.

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Freightliner unveils brand new Cascadia

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Freightliner may have drawn on a familiar name when unveiling the 2018 Cascadia, but the company's newest truck promises to boost fuel economy, improve driver comfort, and leverage electronic tools like never before. “We have changed almost everything on this truck,” says Richard Howard, senior vice president – sales and marketing for Daimler Trucks North America, referring to the 2018 Model Year designs that begin production in early 2017. “Starting with the best truck is the best place to start.” It has already attracted some of North America's biggest truck buyers, too. The first 2018 Cascadias have been purchased by 12 fleets that collectively operate more than one out of every four of the previous Cascadia models. Canada's Bison Transport is among those buyers. ...Read the rest of this story

‘True connectivity’ a key feature of new Cascadia

Detroit Connect Analytics offers operational insights to fleet customers COLORADO SPRINGS. Along with all of the hardware innovations designed to position the new Freightliner Cascadia as the best fleet truck on the market, a new connectivity platform will provide customers with important insights about their vehicles and help them make critical business decisions.

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