Volvo has delivered an autonomous heavy-duty off-road truck with hand-held remote control and monitoring system from up to two miles away.

Over several weeks, Tevva tested its 7.5-tonne battery-electric truck by driving it up to heights of 3,000 metres above sea level whilst fully laden with a 2.5-tonne cargo.

By wire steering to be in series production for passenger cars from 2023, says ZF; but its still a few years away yet for inclusion in commercial vehicles. Find out why below.

IOC Phinergy Private Ltd (IOP) India-Israeli JV to work with Hindalco in India to develop and supply Phinery Aluminium-Air battery technology to the Indian EV marketplace.

MT17.0LE Electric Single Deck Bus developed as part of a UK-government funded project to begin Buenos Aires in-service trials.

In releasing product development news ahead of the IAA next month, Christian Brenneke, head of global R&D for the ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division outlined the direction and strategy of CVS.

CJPT in Japan, a technology development partnership company and JV involving Toyota Motor Corporation, Hino Motors Ltd (a Toyota subsidiary) and Isuzu Motors Ltd, has announced a programme to research a standard, commercial, swappable and rechargeable battery cartridge for use in electric vehicles.

The ‘Zero Emission Mobility Innovation Fund’ is targeted at manufacturers who are based in or operating in Scotland and are conducting research and development into or trialling new zero-emission technologies.

The two companies believe that inductive charging – a type of power transfer which uses electromagnetic induction – has multiple advantages over conventional plug-in chargers; for instance, allowing a driverless vehicle to recharge itself without any human input. 

FEV has agreed to support ProLogium in the development and sale of solid-state batteries to the global market - giving ProLogium access to its battery development and test centre near the city of Leipzig in Germany.

The new 'ErgoLab' includes a 'test cube', which is used to assess the haptics, or “feel”, of the seat, steering wheel, and other interior components in different lighting conditions.

The transmissions manufacturer uses its own simulation program to evaluate vehicle configurations and predict performance, and to offer recommendations to customers for driveline ratios and shift calibrations based on the desired application.