On 30 March, Schmitz Cargobull UK Ltd marked the official opening of its trailer assembly facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by customers and members of the press.

Frasle Mobility is the name of a new business unit of Fras-le S.A. involved in development and manufacture of new composite materials for the transport industry.

The new Clarksville manufacturing facility will make battery cells for the first time in the USA, as well as battery packs for Microvast's growing portfolio of CV customers in North America.

These metallic bipolar plates are engineered to maximise the performance of proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers used to produce hydrogen fuel.

Volvo UK said it committed GBP500,000 to make the site more environmentally friendly by investing in solar panels, smart LED lighting, and air source heat pumps.

Since the facility was opened in 1998, Navistar has produced nearly 880,000 truck and bus chassis in Escobedo - including its 'International eMV' series of battery-electric trucks.

The building will be constructed and expanded in phases up to 2030, representing a planned investment of up to EUR4.8bn, or CAD7bn.

The site’s expansion will involve converting existing warehouse space into production lines to assemble the body on the new Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV battery-electric chassis. From August 2023, the facility will focus on the production of the new Enviro400EV, following a successful pilot programme to build Enviro400FCEV hydrogen fuel cell buses in Larbert.

Available in the chassis cab version at 17 tons gross vehicle weight (GVW), it offers a tare weight of 4,995 kg with a load capacity of some 11,500 kg depending on the body.

Phillips Europe is a relatively new manufacturing operation for the US CV connector specialist, having bought Fortech Poland LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of quality 24v electrical connectors and cables for commercial vehicles in June 2018. The harness kits are part of a growing portfolio of products being developed for the European truck and semi-trailer market.

Baraja is developing a lidar system called ‘Spectrum HD25’, which will work using ‘Spectrum-Scan 10’, a technology developed by the company to improve the accuracy and range of lidar-based (i.e., using laser imaging) perception.

To strengthen the Mercedes-Benz truck service and sales network in Western Germany, Daimler Truck has opened a new 6,200 square metre Commercial Vehicle (CV) centre in Haan. It includes a high-voltage work stations for BEVs and a new warehouse capable of stocking more than 10,000 spare parts.