The Shift From Owning Trucks To Subscribing To Them, And What It Means For Fleet Finance

CDL & Trucking News · · Source: FreightWaves · By Adam Wingfield · 7 min read at the source

Daimler Truck’s commercial lineup sits at the center of the industry’s shift from owning trucks to subscribing to them through bundled, service-based models. (Photo: Freightliner, US)
Daimler Truck’s commercial lineup sits at the center of the industry’s shift from owning trucks to subscribing to them through bundled, service-based models. (Photo: Freightliner, US)

The trucking industry has fallen in love with two phrases that get tossed around in conference rooms and press releases without anyone stopping to explain them, and if you have heard the terms truck as a service and driver as a service and nodded along while quietly wondering what they actually mean for the money […]

Reported by Adam Wingfield for FreightWaves (Analysis), originally published October 18, 2026.

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Topics: Analysis, Autonomous Freight, Fleet and Maintenance, Logistics/Supply Chains

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