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MAN has received four funding decisions from the Bavarian government worth almost €25 million. The sum is part of a technology funding programme to further develop high-voltage batteries for electric trucks and buses. According to MAN, four of five ...

Circle K launches truck charging network in Sweden

The Circle K petrol station chain has opened 20 new charging points for heavy-duty electric trucks in Sweden, each with a capacity of 360 kW. These are spread over five locations along strategically important traffic routes in the country. ...

Fortescue announces new facility in UK

Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group is building a new battery and electric powertrain production facility in Oxfordshire, UK. The company says that it is thus “significantly expanding its UK manufacturing capability”. Specifically, the new factory will be located ...

Nikola “sharpens focus” in an effort to keep business afloat

Nikola Motor has released an update on its “business optimisation efforts”, which may otherwise run under emergency measures. Nikola is laying off nearly 300 staff in Europe and the US and will decrease spending; however, there is also renewed ...

Heidelberg Materials teams up with Volvo Group to cut CO2 emissions

Heidelberg Materials wants to reduce its CO2 emissions. The building materials group has signed a cooperation agreement with the Volvo Group to test electric vehicles. As part of a six-month feasibility study, the two companies want to determine “which ...

Battery update for Volvo FL Electric and FE Electric

Volvo Trucks is giving its medium-duty electric truck models, the FL Electric and the FE Electric, more range with improved batteries. The two upgraded electric trucks can now be ordered. Deliveries are scheduled to start in autumn 2023. At ...

Engie launches dedicated charging business Engie Vianeo in France

Energy company Engie Group has launched a new subsidiary called Engie Vianeo, dedicated to providing charging solutions for electric vehicles. Under the new brand, Engie will offer 12,000 charge points for electric cars and heavy commercial vehicles in France ...

Maersk is growing the EV fleet with Volvo electric trucks once more

Maersk, the logistics company, has awarded Volvo Trucks a contract to deliver 25 electric trucks for container transport in Germany. Maersk expects the first two trucks of type Volvo FH Electric by the end of this year, with the ...

Einride and PostNord expand zero-emission deliveries to Norway

Einride is expanding its operations in Norway by building on its partnership with PostNord. The postal provider manages 35% of all mail deliveries in Scandinavia and began electrifying its service fleets with Einride in Sweden last year. Now, both ...

CATL presents battery swapping system for trucks

The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has presented a battery-swapping solution for heavy-duty electric trucks. The system, called Qiji Energy, consists of exchange stations, battery packs and a cloud platform. The battery-swapping process is said to take only a few ...

Mercedes announces October premiere of the ‘eActros 600’

Daimler Truck announces details of the upcoming world premiere of the eActros LongHaul. Mercedes-Benz’ electric truck for long-distance transport is to make its debut on 10 October under the official designation eActros 600. The production model is also to ...

Trucksters to electrify long-distance logistics from Spain

Spanish transport company Trucksters has closed a €33 million Series B funding round and announced plans to electrify parts of its long-distance freight transport service. The new investors include Continental, Volvo and the European Investment Bank. Trucksters offers long-distance ...

Trailer Dynamics & Mars Logistics to deploy 500 eTrailers

In Europe, Mars Logistics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Trailer Dynamics to reserve and deploy 500 eTrailers for fully zero-emission routes from Turkey to Germany. The use of eTrailers enables intermodal transport between trains and trucks on ...

Schneider National completes charging depot to power e-truck fleet

US logistics company Schneider National has announced the completion of a huge charging depot at its South El Monte Intermodal Operations Center in Southern California. The facility will support Schneider’s nearly 100 zero-emission trucks currently on order with Freightliner. ...

Albert Heijn converts Rotterdam fleet to fully electric

The Dutch retail chain Albert Heijn is now also using exclusively electric vehicles in the centre of Rotterdam to deliver groceries to homes and to supply its shops. Last year, this step was already taken in The Hague. Albert ...

Forsee introduces ‘Flex-Plus’ battery for heavy vehicles

The French battery manufacturer Forsee Power presented the ‘Flex Plus’ new battery system for equipping heavy electric vehicles such as buses, trucks and off-road vehicles. Only a month ago, the company presented a battery system for medium-sized trucks and ...

Amsterdam brings forward ICE ban for most vehicles

From 2025, the Dutch capital will allow only zero-emission taxis, vans, trucks, scooters, and mopeds to run in large parts of Amsterdam. The new rule will apply to vehicles that will be newly registered as of 2025, with an ...

ABB presents depot charging solution

ABB E-Mobility has presented a new depot charging solution for electric bus and truck fleets at the UITP in Barcelona. The HVC360 enables up to four charging stations to be connected – regardless of whether these are CCS or ...

Huber+Suhner reveal 2,250 kW charging cable

Swiss charging cable manufacturer Huber+Suhner is expanding its range to include megawatt charging technology with its new Radox MCS1500 system. The charging cable is said to enable continuous charging currents of up to 2,250 kW at 1,500 amps for ...

Colorado passes several new EV subsidy bills

The Colorado legislature has passed several bills concerning the subsidization of electric vehicles, trucks and bikes. The subsidies can be stacked with federal subsidies, allowing for a maximum of $40,000 in subsidies for an electric truck. One bill, titled ...

Copenhagen Pride Parade goes fully electric

The Copenhagen Pride Parade is switching completely to electric trucks this year. The colourful LGBTI+ festival, which takes place in August, will use 30 Volvo electric trucks, which will be temporarily withdrawn by logistics provider DFDS from its fleets ...

Gothenburg: Renova orders H2 truck fleet from H2X

Australian developer H2X will deliver a fleet of H2 trucks to Swedish waste and recycling company Renova for use in Gothenburg. The order is worth up to 240 million Swedish kronor (about €20.6 million), according to H2X. The company ...

UAE: Einride to set up freight grid with autonomous trucks

The Swedish electric transport specialist Einride wants to bring more than 2,000 electric trucks (some of them autonomous) and charging infrastructure to the United Arab Emirates. The goal is to set up a 550-kilometre “freight mobility grid”. Einride has ...

Cool Planet Group scores order to convert 8,500 trucks

The Irish company Cool Planet Group will convert around 8,500 diesel-powered mining trucks into electric vehicles over the next three years. The order is reportedly worth around 50 million euros. According to the Irish Times, the order comes from ...

Nikola threatened with stock market delisting

The American electric truck manufacturer Nikola Motor is threatened with exclusion from the US stock exchange Nasdaq. Because the share price was below one US dollar per share for 30 consecutive days, Nikola no longer complies with Nasdaq regulations. ...

Econ launches electric gritter truck in the UK

Yorkshire-based company Econ Engineering has launched a new electric gritter truck. The company says the truck can be operated year-round thanks to a range of demountable body options, which allow it to switch between fleet roles. The truck’s flexibility ...

Eight EU countries unite against Euro-7 emission standard

A coordinated resistance has emerged from eight countries against the proposed Euro-7 emission standards by the European Union. Led by the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia have signed a document that labels the suggested ...

Fuso commences production of Next-Gen eCanter in Europe

Fuso, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks, has begun production of the new eCanter in Europe. The latest generation of fully electric light trucks, unveiled in September 2022, is now being manufactured at the production plant in Tramagal, Portugal. According ...

Volvo Trucks secures major electric truck deal with Holcim

Volvo Trucks has secured a landmark deal with Holcim, a global building solutions provider, to sell 1,000 electric trucks by 2030. This agreement marks the largest commercial order for Volvo EVs to date. The first batch of 130 Volvo ...

Volta Trucks to deliver first electric trucks in Sweden in 2023

The Swedish electric truck start-up Volta Trucks wants to accelerate its market launch in its home country. The company plans to put its vehicles on the roads in Sweden as early as the middle of this year instead of ...

Einride orders up to 50 electric trucks from DAF

The Swedish service provider Einride, which specialises in electric transport, wants to order 50 electric trucks from the Dutch manufacturer DAF Trucks. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect. According to DAF, the first ...

Volvo introduces safety app for first responders

The Volvo Group has introduced a safety app for electric trucks using augmented reality technology. The app was specially developed to support first responders in emergencies. The app, which is available to download for free on both android and ...

Sona Comstar signs tech licensing deal with Equipmake

Automotive systems & components manufacturer Sona Comstar signed a technology licensing agreement with UK-based electric drive specialist Equipmake. Sona Comstar will then manufacture and sell the technology in Southeast Asia. Under the agreement, Equipmake will license its spoke motor ...

Isuzu to develop heavy hydrogen truck with Honda fuel cells

Japanese vehicle manufacturer Isuzu Motors plans to launch a heavy-duty truck with fuel cell technology from Honda in 2027. An agreement signed by both companies confirmed this. Honda and Isuzu Motors had previously agreed to jointly research heavy-duty trucks ...

Ceva Logistics to add 1,450 EVs to its fleet by the end of 2025

International logistics provider Ceva Logistics will expand its EV fleet to 1,450 electric vehicles by the end of 2025. It is another step to becoming net zero by 2050. Specifically, the company plans to operate 1,000 electric vans, 300 ...

Electric refuse trucks delivered to Rhine-Main region

In Germany, the Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service GmbH (FES) will be putting eight eEconic from Mercedes Benz Trucks into operation with municipal house-to-house waste collection in the Rhine-Main region. Daimler Truck says that the inclusion of their Mercedes Benz ...

Rewe to use seven eActros with the help of Einride

German grocery retailer Rewe is cooperating with the Swedish freight technology company Einride to supply its supermarkets in the Berlin area. It will use a connected fleet of seven Mercedes-Benz eActros 300s. The seven fully electric trucks will deliver ...

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