Electric truck protagonist, Volta Trucks, has appointed Italian producer of lightweight composites, CPC Group, to develop and supply sustainable and recyclable composite exterior body panels for the Volta Zero.

The Pommier Group has introduced to market the new Powerlift 6S, an upgraded lifting and locking solution for movable partition walls in temperature-controlled vehicles.

Peterbilt Motors Company of Denton, Texas, part of Paccar Inc, has launched a new range of medium-duty trucks, Model 535 and Model 536, designed for the Class 5/6 non-CDL (non-commercial driver-licence) lease and rental markets.

Isuzu Motors Ltd, headquartered in Tokyo’s Shinagawa district and Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Company, based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo prefecture, have developed a new rear-body monitoring system for heavy trucks using connected technologies.

Volvo Truck Corporation has announced new Volvo FM and FMX trucks with a crew cab for up to nine people.

British engineering firm, Harsh Ltd, well known for its hook-loader and skip-loader body products, has built a bespoke demountable skip-loader unit that can be loaded onto a truck fitted already with a standard hook-loader container, enabling it to double as a skip carrier, when needed.

Tipper body specialist, Thompsons Group, has developed the Loadmaster X-Lite, which is Thompsons’ lightest ever steel tipper rigid body.