The Swedish manufacturer announced the delivery of its first electric truck to Morocco, reportedly making it the first global brand with a heavy electric truck in commercial operation in Africa.

DAF has announced expansion of its Eindhoven manufacturing plant to accommodate the assembly of its electric truck range, with series production of the XD and XF Electric range to commence in spring 2023.

After Motiv Power Systems retrofitted five vans with an electric driveline in 2021, Purolator has ordered an additional 55 step vans, powered by electric drive systems assembled by Motiv Power Systems and fitted on Ford chassis.

In 2024, Hino plans to offer an electric version of its M and L series medium-duty trucks, branded as the M5e and L6e Series by integrating SEA Electric’s SEA-Drive power system.

The truck cab is uniquely designed in the style of a walk-in van, with a sliding door and weather-proof steps for entry and exit and an interior measuring 85 inches in height and 88.5 inches in width.

This distribution plan of SANY electric trucks into Europe was initiated some six or seven months ago with the unveiling and launch of the iONTRON eMixer truck at Bauma 2022, which was held in Munich, Germany last October.

The brand organises a disparate set of different business operations which relate to transport and industry decarbonisation, including: fuel cell and battery manufacturing; electric powertrain products; and electrolysers for producing green hydrogen.

The new Eletra e-bus is a collaboration between Mercedes-Benz and Caio.

This new division is the working combination of two formerly independent companies, V.S.E. Vehicle Systems Engineering B.V. (VSE) of Veenendaal, near Utrecht, Netherlands and Hemscheidt Fahrwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG of Haan, Germany.

The company launched two new models in its electric truck and van range. The first was a heavy-duty truck, the LM864H, a class 8 HFC 6×4 semi-tractor and the second was the Logistar 300 electric van (class 3). Both vehicles are scheduled to be available in Q3 2023.

First Hydrogen has revealed plans for its Generation II concept vehicle, designed with either fuel cell electric or battery electric drive trains.

CME’s figures indicate that after seven straight years of growth of city buses powered with alternative drivelines, deliveries in 2022 within the EU27+4 countries fell marginally in volume terms to 9,543 units, down from 9,813 in 2021.