Initially, the self-driving shuttle will transport passengers around the campus, before being incorporated later in the year into the service to and from the NRG station.

It will trial the ‘StreetDeck Electroliner’, a double decker with seating for up to 74 passengers and a range of up to 200 miles.

The prototype truck, which hauled a full trailer in the Swedish town of Älmhult, was installed with Westport’s ‘H2 HPDI’, a high-pressure direct injection system which allows an internal combustion engine to run on hydrogen.

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.

AT&T has agreed to evaluate the Rivian Commercial Van to judge whether it will improve fleet safety and reduce costs, in addition to cutting its carbon emissions.

Build it and they will come. This is the approach being taken by the Moroccan government to grow its automotive industry, which is the largest in Africa but still modest by global standards. The kingdom already has major plants owned by Renault and Stellantis, alongside components production from European, American, and Japanese firms. Relying on foreign companies to do all the work can have variable outcomes, however: for example, a new EV plant which was proposed by Chinese automaker BYD in 2017 has failed to materialise.

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.

The test was conducted by Mesilla Valley Transportation Solutions (MVTS) of Las Cruces, New Mexico on a 25.5-mile route, comprising urban and highway roads.

The two companies have been working together since January 2020 on verifying the compatibility of fuel-cell systems for heavy-duty trucks.

The new facility is scheduled to be completed in 2028 within the company’s Hwaseong manufacturing complex.

The Iveco SpA / Plus Inc heavy-duty truck (Iveco S-Way) installed with Plus’s level 4 autonomous driving technology (‘PlusDrive’), is to begin its first customer trial in Q1 2024, with German drugstore retailer, dm-drogerie markt.

The D-Max’ main production base is in Thailand, from where it is made available in over 100 countries and regions worldwide.