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Business News

Sustainability

Brazilian logistics company doubles useful life of lead acid batteries by using solar panels on its trucks

Brazil

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Aftermarket

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Battery Systems, Supercapacitors & Solar

Brazilian logistics company doubles useful life of lead acid batteries by using solar panels on its trucks

By Jose Secco – 25th July 2025

We implemented a measure that combines sustainability with savings. The goal is to have the entire fleet with solar panels in the coming years. (Eder Serraglio, Transvale's fleet manager).

VWCO & EcoUrbis begin testing refuse collection trucks powered by Biomethane

Brazil

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Aftermarket

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Battery Systems, Supercapacitors & Solar

VWCO & EcoUrbis begin testing refuse collection trucks powered by Biomethane

By Jose Secco – 23rd July 2025

Volvo awarded EUR49m to decarbonise engine plant

Sweden

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Sustainability

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Funding

Volvo awarded EUR49m to decarbonise engine plant

By Bradley Osborne – 7th July 2025

Germany

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Sustainability

Hübner installs solar panels at Kassel-Waldau facility

By Luke Willetts – 28th June 2025

This renewable energy primarily powers the plant's operations, reducing the company's reliance on external energy sources and thereby decreasing its carbon footprint.

Isuzu begins using green steel in its light trucks

Japan

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Chassis Components

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Sustainability

Free Article

Isuzu begins using green steel in its light trucks

By Will Pulson – 20th May 2025

UK

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Performance

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Sustainability

Free Article

Powering the Hydrogen Future: Inside Ceres’ Bold Bet on Fuel Cell Tech

By Luke Willetts – 8th May 2025

With their 2024 financial results freshly published and a pivotal year behind them, we interviewed Patrick Yau, Director of Investor Relations at Ceres, to explore the company’s evolving strategy, commercial vehicle ambitions, and whether their “asset-light, IP-heavy” approach will carry the day in a volatile green energy market.

UK

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Project

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Electric Drive

Ricardo successfully develops and tests LCV motor without rare earths

By Bradley Osborne – 1st May 2025

The prototype, dubbed ‘Alumotor’, is a synchronous reluctance motor which does not require rare earth metals or cobalt in order to work.

Germany

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Agreement

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Sustainability

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Battery Systems, Supercapacitors & Solar

Webasto signs battery recycling deal with Aachen University spin-off

By Bradley Osborne – 18th April 2025

Webasto claims that, using a combination of mechanical, thermal, and hydrometallurgical methods, Cylib can fully recover lithium, graphite, and other materials from a used battery pack, exceeding the requirements of upcoming European Union regulations.

Germany

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Sweden

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Agreement

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Sustainability

Putzmeister to procure “fossil-free” steel from SSAB for concrete pump trucks and mixers

By Bradley Osborne – 15th April 2025

SSAB has agreed to supply Putzmeister with steel which has been produced through its patented ‘Hybrit’ process.

India

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Investment

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Remanufacture & Recycling

Tata Motors inaugurates RVSP recycling facility in Pune and Guwahati

By RACE Innovations Pvt Ltd – 23rd March 2025

The sixth facility in Pune is designed to safely dismantle up to 21,000 end-of-life vehicles annually!

Sweden

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Agreement

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Sustainability

Scania to supply used sand from engine foundry to Weber Saint-Gobain

By Bradley Osborne – 5th February 2025

Scania has committed to supplying Weber this year with approximately 20,000 tonnes of used sand from its foundry in Södertälje, a waste byproduct from the casting of engine components which would ordinarily be sent to landfill.

USA

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Fuel Cell Electric

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Sustainability

Hyundai deploys fleet of FCEV heavy trucks at US plant

By Will Pulson – 20th January 2025

Glovis to use the HFC trucks for daily parts deliveries.

South Korea

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Order

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Fuel Cell Electric

Hyundai Motor to supply FCEV buses to the South Korean province of South Chungcheong

By Will Pulson – 19th January 2025

The South Korean province aims to replace its entire fleet of diesel-powered buses by 2030.

Germany

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Battery Systems, Supercapacitors & Solar

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Sustainability

Solaris delivers world’s first electric bus to carry “battery passport”

By Bradley Osborne – 7th January 2025

The vehicle in question is an articulated ‘Urbino 18’ battery electric bus, one of fifty ordered in 2023 by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, the state-owned company which manages public transportation in the German capital.

Germany

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Sustainability

Jost joins trailer aerodynamics organisation AeroAlliance 

By Luke Willetts – 7th January 2025

Jost will work alongside other members including Hesterberg, HS Schoch and System Trailers to improve energy efficiency in commercial vehicle fleets in order to meet the EU’s climate goals (reducing fuel consumption by 10% for semi-trailers and 7.5% for trailers by 2030).

Germany

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HVAC Systems

Eberspächer debuts new CV water coolant heater

By Luke Willetts – 23rd December 2024

Designed to warm the passenger compartment and driver's cab, the product can also condition the vehicle battery. This preheating can noticeably extend the range and speed up the charging process in winter conditions.

Brazil

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Sustainability

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Battery Electric

Volvo begins supply chain logistics with electric trucks in Brazil

By Jose Secco – 30th November 2024

Market introduction of electric trucks by Volvo started in 2019; since then there are currently 4,200 Volvo electric trucks in operation in 48 countries.

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