The Bosch Secure Truck Parking app gives users access to a total of 15,000 parking spaces at over 400 locations in 14 European countries. This includes countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, France and now Hungary. 

Developed with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the software platform offers logistics companies access to digital services including CV fleet optimisation, goods monitoring and order processing designed to simplify fleet/logistics operations and improve the efficiency and sustainability of vehicle fleets.

MAN has now built a prototype vehicle, with sensors on the roof and sides of the cab. The vehicle has already successfully covered its first kilometres at MAN's Munich test site and was due to undergo real road testing before the end of 2023.

This centre has begun testing semiconductors that the company manufactures at its factory in Dresden, Germany. The new facility houses 400 employees and includes office space, conference rooms and laboratories to ensure quality control in the manufacturing process.

Iveco has unveiled its new HD BEV (Heavy-Duty Battery Electric Vehicle) and HD FCEV (Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles) under the Iveco brand. 

The German multinational has committed a further EUR 2.5 billion over the next five years to support the expansion of its hydrogen fuel cell technology as the company expects to generate roughly EUR 5 billion in sales from it by 2030.

The demonstration vehicle achieved 16 miles per gallon fuel efficiency and a 170% improvement in freight efficiency over the 2009 ‘SuperTruck I’ vehicle.

T&BB's report from the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, held in Anaheim, California, USA between 1-4 May 2023.

With this growing sector of the business, the aim is to have a dedicated team serving existing customers and growing the mobility business, with projected sales revenue expected to reach EUR 80 billion by 2029.

Plus’s technology is intended to enhance Bosch’s existing portfolio of steering systems which incorporate advanced driver assistance features to make handling easier and safer for the driver.

According to Dr Stefan Hartung, Bosch Chairman, the company has made this acquisition in order to grow its electromobility business by reinforcing its semiconductor supply chain.

Scheduled to go into operation in July 2023, the plant will be able to recycle up to 15,000 metric tons of battery materials a year and is currently undergoing a series of diagnostic tests using old batteries from different manufacturers to develop and refine the operational mechanism to discharge, dismember, recycle and shred the remaining battery material.