New EUR 2 billion facility to drive Asia growth, improve tech access

Supporting the development of gas, electric, and hydrogen vehicles, the upgraded facility includes thermal testing, noise and vibration analysis, 3D printing, and ergonomic workstations.

On a mixed production line, MAN can produce approximately one hundred trucks per day with diesel and battery electric drivelines, taking around eight hours to build a truck from start to finish.

Volvo announced the start of electric truck production at its facility in Wacol, Queensland, which coincided with a 30-unit order from logistics firm Linfox.

Our press visit to BorgWarner’s cutting-edge Gigafactory in Darmstadt, Germany revealed a company that is rapidly accelerating toward the future by betting big on electrification!

Right-hand drive models will be produced from the end of the year.

Kontrolmatik has agreed to deliver 2 GWh of cells in 2026 and 5 GWh in 2027 to ONE, which will assemble them in battery modules and packs in Michigan.

Readers may recall that, two years ago, we published a feature on TCCI Manufacturing, explaining why the longstanding Midwest supplier of compressors had decided to invest in a new facility on its home turf in Decatur, Illinois. In that article, Richard and Kara Demirjian outlined their plan to open a 260,000-square-foot “Clean Energy Innovation Hub” comprised of three facilities: a plant dedicated to the production of compressors for electric vehicles; a whole-vehicle test centre; and an academy to train the next generation of EV technicians. The innovation hub was officially unveiled by the governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, at the end of April 2025, and so Truck & Bus Builder used the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo to get an update on TCCI’s newest investment.

The company’s proposal would bring an end to bus bodybuilding at the Larbert and Falkirk plants, putting up to 400 jobs at risk, or approximately 22% of the current workforce.

Mullen has agreed to transfer ownership of its Mishawaka facility to GEM Group as part of a settlement to resolve a four-year legal battle.

The expansion will increase ABB’s production capacity for low-voltage electrification products, key components in the infrastructure that powers commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging, depot operations, and logistics hubs.

Broshuis is a family-owned company specialising in the design and manufacture of trailers. The company produces semi-low trailers, low-bed trailers and flat-bed heavy-haul trailers.