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Business News

Aftermarket

Optimal EV and Fontaine Modification to offer light to medium bus and truck retrofit service

USA

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Electric Drive

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Aftermarket

Optimal EV and Fontaine Modification to offer light to medium bus and truck retrofit service

By Bradley Osborne – 29th January 2023

Optimal EV is now offering a retrofit service to operators with diesle vehicles based on the Ford E-450 cutaway chassis; the work will be carried out at one of Fontaine Modification's post-production truck modification centres.

Alexander Dennis targets Amazon-style spare parts delivery service

UK

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Aftermarket

Alexander Dennis targets Amazon-style spare parts delivery service

By Luke Willetts – 29th January 2023

Addiante is the name of a new heavy-duty vehicle rental service joint venture company between Randon and Gerdau

Brazil

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Distribution & Aftermarket

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New Company

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Aftermarket

Addiante is the name of a new heavy-duty vehicle rental service joint venture company between Randon and Gerdau

By Jose Secco – 18th January 2023

Don-Bur opens new service centre in Stoke-on-Trent

UK

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Aftermarket

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Investment

Don-Bur opens new service centre in Stoke-on-Trent

By Luke Willetts – 4th January 2023

Austria

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ADAS & Safety Systems

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Aftermarket

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Distribution & Aftermarket

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Product

Aspöck launches new generation radar system for truck trailers

By Luke Willetts – 29th December 2022

Compatible with vehicles utilising an electronic brake system, RADC 1.0. monitors an area of up to 3 by 10 metres.

Canada

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Aftermarket

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Agreement

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Distribution & Aftermarket

Enedym partners with Toyota Tsusho Canada to retrofit tuggers

By Luke Willetts – 28th December 2022

Enedym will retrofit Toyota’s North American and Japanese ‘tuggers’ used at its various manufacturing and parts facilities, with Enedym’s 45kW magnet-free electric motors, converting diesel fuel tuggers to battery or hydrogen power.

France

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Netherlands

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Electric Drive

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Agreement

Stellantis partners with French start-up to retrofit light commercial vehicles

By Bradley Osborne – 28th December 2022

Stellantis and Qinomic have agreed to create a proof of concept for converting used vans with internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.

Germany

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Aftermarket

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Wheels & Tyres

Continental offers new fleet management service to customers

By Luke Willetts – 22nd December 2022

The Lowest Overall Driving Costs (LODC) programme provides an advisory service that pools together tyre-related operational costs such as retreading, digital solutions and other services.

Italy

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Product

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Brakes & Braking Systems

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Distribution & Aftermarket

Brembo’s braking energy-saving system calliper now available for aftermarket fitment

By Luke Willetts – 20th December 2022

Brembo SpA has announced that its Enesys Energy Saving System, which has a new spring design on its brake calliper - reducing friction on brake discs and pads, lowering fuel consumption and CO2 emission output - is now available to the aftermarket.

USA

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Autonomous Vehicles

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Aftermarket

Aurora and Ryder partner to provide maintenance for autonomous trucks

By Luke Willetts – 18th December 2022

Both companies’ technicians will maintain Aurora’s fleet of autonomous class 8 tractors, doing compliance, inspections, repairs and preventative maintenance on site.

Germany

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Electric Drive

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Agreement

pepper motion and Sono Motors to trial electrified bus with rooftop solar panels

By Bradley Osborne – 11th December 2022

Sono Motors has agreed to supply a customised version of the ‘Solar Bus Kit’ to pepper motion, who will integrate it with a Mercedes Citaro C1 bus which has been retrofitted with pepper motion’s e-powertrain.

UK

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Aftermarket

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Distribution & Aftermarket

Alexander Dennis upgrades aftermarket digital software services

By Luke Willetts – 25th November 2022

ADL has upgraded its AD24 aftermarket digital software, moving all of its technical publications, guides warranty and service information online to improve accessibility for customers.

Germany

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Brakes & Braking Systems

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Distribution & Aftermarket

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ADAS & Safety Systems

Knorr-Bremse to provide German fleet operator (VHH) with 500+ turning assistant systems

By Luke Willetts – 20th November 2022

The contract is to equip more than 500 buses operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH) with the retrofittable ProFleet Assist+ Gen 2 turning assistant, with an option to upgrade another 100 buses.

UK

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Aftermarket

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Product

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Electric Drive

Equipmake unveils repowered double-decker bus at the Euro Bus Expo

By Luke Willetts – 16th November 2022

The retrofitting process replaces the Wrightbus’ hybrid drivetrain with a Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED), which includes Equipmake’s own HTM 3500 electric motor, producing 3,500Nm torque at 1,000rpm and delivering 400kW maximum power.

USA

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Electric Drive

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Compliance

ZEVx Sprinter conversions meet CARB regulations

By Bradley Osborne – 2nd November 2022

The Executive Order concerning the conversion of vehicles to "alternative fuel retrofit systems" means that ZEVx can begin retrofitting Sprinter vans with its 'Athena' e-powertrain kit.

Denmark

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Connectivity

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Agreement

ZF to equip thousands of DSA trailers with Transics telematics

By Bradley Osborne – 31st October 2022

The German automotive systems supplier reports that “several thousand” trailers in DSA’s fleet will be equipped with TX-Trailerpulse, connecting them to its Transics-branded 'Fleet Management Solutions'.

France

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Hydrogen Fuel Cells

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Product

Safra launches hydrogen retrofit kit for coaches

By Bradley Osborne – 30th October 2022

At the AutoCar Expo, held in Lyon between 12 and 15 October, Safra launched its ‘H2-Pack’ fuel cell retrofit kit for coaches and released details of the first orders for its new ‘Hycity’ fuel-cell electric bus range. 

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