The German manufacturer took part in a study which purportedly shows that its upcoming battery electric truck is quieter by up to 14.4 dBA1 than its conventional diesel equivalent (in this case, a TGX 18.510).

Traton has signed a framework agreement with its parent company, Volkswagen, which outlines the terms for selling and transferring the rights to provide financial services for MAN and Volkswagen Truck & Bus to Traton Financial Services.

The project will establish a procedure for battery health assessment and develop methods for preparing replacement components and for disassembly and reassembly of battery packs.

The MAN truck, which will reach its first customers next year, was picked from a roster of approximately 20,000 products, submitted from 60 countries to 51 competition categories.

At the first UITP summit in four years, we report on developments related to two topics: electric vehicles and artificial intelligence.

Hendrickson claims that, compared to mechanical suspensions on the market, the elastomeric Ultimaax is up to 250 kilograms lighter.

Duvenbeck will receive its first vehicles from MAN in 2024 and will take further deliveries through 2026, which will make it one of the first customers to acquire the new truck model.

The existing plant size has been expanded by about a third and now covers 41 hectares: the extension comprises a 32,000-square-metre hall for cab production and a 10,000-square-metre hall for truck modification and final assembly.

Mobileye will supply its autonomous driving hardware along with its ‘Road Experience Management’ real-time mapping software which uses dynamic roadmaps to inform the autonomous vehicle’s decision making.

Alongside the 100,000-milestone announcement, MAN said it is now offering a rear-wheel drive option with single tyres and automatic transmission, targeted especially to customers requesting a special body on the chassis.

Some of the new options - including blind spot detection and driver monitoring systems - address safety issues which all new vehicles will need to account for when new EU regulations come into effect in July 2024.

The MINGA project will put a battery-electric ‘Lion’s City E’ bus, installed with autonomous driving technology, on bus route 144 through the Olympic Park in Munich, with a driver onboard for supervision.