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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 ...

Mercedes-Benz launches Van Electric Architecture

Mercedes-Benz unveiled its ‘Van Electric Architecture’, or VAN.EA. It will form the basis for all newly developed medium-sized and large vans from 2026. The aim is to increase the share of all-electric vans to 50 per cent by 2030. ...

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 ...

UK: Ford spearheads H2 consortium

Ford is testing hydrogen fuel cell technology for its E-Transit. The carmaker is spearheading a consortium in the UK to test whether the technology suits customers with “energy-intensive use cases”. Throughout the three-year project, a fleet of eight Ford ...

Pepper Motion realigns sales focus and management team

The German electric conversion company Pepper Motion has announced a readjustment of its sales strategy and a reorganisation of its leadership team. Whereas in the past, new bus and truck models were developed in advance, the company will, from ...

Volvo’s electric truck orders are up 141 per cent

Volvo Trucks received 486 orders for electric trucks in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 141 per cent compared to the same period last year. This number is expected to increase over the course of the year ...

Nikola to focus on fuel-cell truck production

Nikola will interrupt its truck production in Coolidge (Arizona) to convert the assembly line so that both fuel cell and battery electric vehicles can be produced on the same line in the future. After that, the focus will increasingly ...

MAN sets its sights on long distance coach buses

The city bus sector is already partly electrified, so bus manufacturers are setting their sights set on the intercity and touring sector. Developers at MAN Truck & Bus are now working on the coach of the future. We spoke ...

Toyota partners with VDL to roll out heavy-duty hydrogen trucks in Europe

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has announced its collaboration with Dutch company VDL Groep to deploy heavy-duty trucks in Europe using Toyota’s fuel cell technology. The two companies plan to put the first H2 truck with a retrofitted fuel cell ...

APC to invest £77 million in e-mobility research

The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is investing £77 million in seven UK-based automotive collaborative research and development projects. The funding pot is made up of £38.4 million from the government, combined with £38.7 million from the automotive industry. Much ...

Iveco to assume ownership of European truck JV with Nikola

Iveco Group has announced plans to acquire Nikola’s electric truck joint venture in Europe, established in 2019. The deal will cost Iveco $35 million and will effectively buy out Nikola from the European markets. Nikola says it will focus ...

Collins Bus presents electric school bus

REV Group subsidiary Collins Bus has announced that its Ford E-Transit Type A School Bus is now available for orders. E-Transit is the first Type A School Bus on an electric powertrain from a full-line automaker. The new electric ...

Volvo Trucks takes its H2 truck on the road

Volvo Trucks has taken its fuel cell electric truck to Sweden to test it on public roads for the first time. The finished product will hit the road in the second half of the decade. The Swedish manufacturer does ...

BAE Systems and Eaton develop electric drives for trucks

Electric drive specialist BAE Systems has teamed up with energy management company Eaton to develop electric drive solutions for commercial vehicles. According to the partners, a US Class 7 demonstration vehicle is already in the works. The collaboration will ...

Lion Electric presents the Lion5 Class 5 electric truck

Lion Electric has officially presented the Lion5, an all-electric Class 5 truck powered by Lion’s new in-house engineered and manufactured 800V battery packs. The Lion5 has a maximum payload of up to 12,500 lbs. and production is to start ...

Quantron presents fuel cell truck for the US with over 1,300 km range

Augsburg-based Quantron has unveiled a new fuel cell truck for the US market with a range of up to 850 miles (1,360 kilometres) designed for heavy-duty and long-haul applications. The US Class 8 H2 truck was unveiled at the ...

European roadshow presents the eActros in action

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has started its sales tour through five European countries to present the eActros in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. The tour started at the manufacturer’s largest assembly plant in Wörth. The next stop will be ...

Freightliner launches series eM2 truck in the US

Daimler Truck North America has presented the production version of its medium-duty electric truck Freightliner eM2. The eM2 is now available to order in two variants for US Classes 6 and 7. After the heavy-duty truck eCascadia, the eM2 ...

Toyota supplies hydrogen fuel cell powertrain kits to US truck manufacturers

US Truck manufacturer Paccar and Toyota are extending their collaboration efforts to bring hydrogen-fuelled Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks on the road. These will be equipped with Toyota’s next-generation hydrogen fuel cell modules. The trucks in question are the Kenworth ...

Hyundai launches Xcient fuel cell tractor in the US

Hyundai unveiled its fuel cell tractor Xcient for the US market. The class 8 vehicle is already available in five other countries, including Germany and Switzerland. The model shown in Anaheim, California, has two 90 kW hydrogen fuel cell ...

Terberg secures eCollects order from Westminster City Council

It is the largest single order for electric refuse collection vehicles in the UK to date. Westminster City Council has ordered 40 eCollect from Dennis Eagle, part of the Terberg Environmental Group. According to the company’s press release, Veolia ...

Rosenbauer to deliver electric fire engine to Colorado

The city of Boulder, Colorado, has bought an electric fire engine from Rosenbauer. It is not just a first for the city, but also for the US state. The Rosenbauer RTX fire engine is an all-electric vehicle with a ...

Volvo Buses signs electric bus cooperation with MCV

Volvo Buses wants MCV (Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles) to produce bodies for its electric buses in the city and intercity segments in the European markets from next year. This is provided for in a memorandum of understanding between the two ...

Maxus presents third electric transporter model ‘eDeliver 7’

SAIC’s commercial vehicle brand Maxus has unveiled a new all-electric van. The new eDeliver 7 is the third e-transporter from Maxus after the eDeliver 3 and eDeliver 9 and comes in two length and height variants. Maxus is also ...

B-ON to hit the streets in the UK

The StreetScooter successor B-ON is joining forces with International Motors Limited (IML). Starting later this year, the latter will import and distribute B-ON’s all-electric commercial vehicles. B-ON has been active in the UK with its own branch. But it ...

Quantron signs Westgass Hydrogen as next H2 supplier in the Nordics

Quantron and Westgass Hydrogen have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to run and fuel hydrogen trucks across the Nordic countries. The two companies will combine their offerings with Quantron deploying fuel cell electric vehicles and Westgass Hydrogen supplying the ...

Iveco opens new bus factory in Italy

Iveco Group has opened its plant in Foggia, Italy, which will manufacture battery and fuel cell buses, among other products. The inauguration of the new plant comes eight months after the foundation stone was laid. Iveco announced a little ...

Steyr launches series production of the Volta Zero

Volta Trucks has started series production of the all-electric 16-tonne Volta Zero truck at contract manufacturer Steyr Automotive in Steyr, Austria. The Swedes also announce that they are now accepting new orders. Prototypes of the Volta Zero were already ...

Norway to subsidize electric construction vehicles

The Norwegian business development agency Enova has launched two programmes to contribute to reduced emissions in the construction industry. The aim is to support the use of emission-free construction machines and mobile charging stations for their operation. The programmes ...

ZF starts series production of transporter e-drive

The supplier ZF has started series production of the electric central drive CeTrax lite. The new driveline is suitable for use in light commercial vehicles up to 7.5 tons. ZF says it has already received orders for the CeTrax ...

Volta provides electric trucks for testing in the USA

Volta Trucks will unveil its Volta Zero electric truck at the US ACT Expo trade show in early May this year. US customers are expected to receive some examples of the Volta Zero in Classes 6 and 7 for ...

MAN strengthens drive technology research initiative

MAN Truck & Bus is strengthening its cooperation with surrounding scientific institutions at its Nuremberg site. Together they want to research “fossil-free, future-proof drives” and create synergies between science and industry. The cooperation with the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) ...

ADL to expand electric bus production capacities

British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has announced an expansion of its electric bus production. The ADL headquarters in Larbert, Scotland, will build the new Enviro400EV double-decker model from August 2023. For this, Alexander Dennis is converting existing ...

Streetscooter successor B-On presents business figures

B-ON is looking back on a successful first year, having produced and delivered 2,447 electric commercial vehicles last year and raised 150 million dollars in capital. That is the equivalent of about 137 million euros. In addition, B-ON 2022 ...

Quantron announces FC truck cooperation with Norwegian Hydrogen

Quantron AG and Norwegian Hydrogen, a producer of green hydrogen and operator of hydrogen refuelling stations, have agreed on a five-year strategic collaboration to introduce hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks in Scandinavia. Norwegian Hydrogen is to be Quantron’s preferred hydrogen supplier ...

Volta Trucks receives subsidy support from Germany

Swedish electric truck start-up Volta Trucks is receiving funding of 24.6 million euros from the German Federal Ministry of Transport to subsidize vehicle costs for 151 units of its Volta Zero. Volta Trucks plans to deliver the first of ...

Magtec secures type approval for 7.5 tonne truck

UK-based engineering firm Magtec has secured GB Small Series Approval for its 7.5-tonne electric truck the MEV75. The truck is designed for last-mile logistics, waste collection and refrigerated deliveries. Receiving the approval means that the MEV75 will be eligible ...

Sandvik wins its third largest BEV order to date

The Swedish industrial group Sandvik has received a major order from the Canadian mining company Torex Gold Resources to supply a fleet of mining machines for the Media Luna project in Mexico, including 15 battery-electric vehicles. The order is ...

Schaeffler delivers first in-wheel electric drive for light commercial vehicles

Automotive supplier Schaeffler is supplying its first customers with its in-wheel electric drive. Schaeffler will start series production of its electric wheel hub motors for three customers manufacturing compact municipal vehicles in the coming months.All necessary components are installed ...

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