Two years’ ago, in 2022, when the PEI Mobility brand was first created, it announced it was diversifying its manufacturing capabilities to design and manufacture complete articulation systems for buses.

REE claims the P7-C is the very first vehicle to be certified to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Environmental Protection Agency standards to feature steer-by-wire, brake-by-wire, and drive-by-wire technology.

The upfitted vehicle has a curb weight of 6,840 lbs and a maximum payload of 4,160 lbs.

For the first time, the Model 579 will incorporate automatic “stop & go” functionality for resuming a pre-set cruise speed after an automatic braking event.

Gary Hunt has been appointed as Fruehauf’s new Business Development Manager, tasked with looking after existing customers and generating new clientele in the Midlands and the North of England. Working alongside the National Technical Sales Manager, Karl Spooner, the company is looking to significantly boost UK trailer sales this year.

Fuel Cell System Manufacturing announced that it has started series production of its hydrogen fuel cell systems at its 70,000-square-foot production facility in Brownstown, Michigan. The target is to halve the cost and double the durability compared with fuel cell systems currently on the market, bringing them in line with conventional diesel engines.

Jörg Steins is now Eberspaecher's Co-CEO of the Divisions Climate Control Systems and Automotive Controls. Steins will assume joint responsibility with fellow Co-CEO, Pepijn Dinandt.

The multiple electric truck trials throughout 2023, aim to show that electric trucks are ready to replace diesel HGVs and can deliver the same service when the right infrastructure, systems, processes, and business models are deployed.

The company announced that, given ongoing market pressures and the high cost of transitioning to electric vehicles, as well as a slower-than-anticipated development of the market for autonomous shuttles, it could no longer justify the high upfront investments required to further develop its autonomous shuttle.

ADL announced that the first Enviro500 double-deck bus manufactured by its new North American build partner (Big Rig Manufacturing) is be delivered to the Appalachian State University campus in North Carolina in 2025.

Built for the U.S. Department of Energy’s SuperTruck II programme, the prototype truck, described by Paccar as a “testbed for future product technologies”, was developed in order to improve freight ton efficiency by 100% compared to a 2009 baseline.

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.