The LFSe+ has passed the Bus Testing Program - certification from which is a prerequisite when qualifying for federal incentive programs.

The retrofit firm will be offering customers the option to electrify used models of the Actros MP5 range – launched in 2019 as an 18-tonne 4x2 tractor unit – and it will also be producing up to 2,500 units by 2030.

The ‘Xcelsior CHARGE FC’ succeeds the ‘CHARGE H2’ and is fitted with the latest fuel cell power modules and electric motors from Ballard and Siemens respectively.

Proterra will provide its S-Series battery systems, designed for medium- and heavy-duty transit applications and supplying up to 123 kWh per pack, beginning next year.

'Sustaineer', a technology demonstrator displayed to the public for the first time in Berlin, denotes a range of features including close-range surface heating elements, a ‘mobilisation seat’, dust filtration, aerodynamic design, and a coaching app.

Heavy electric trucks with a gross combination weight of 74 tons will be employed by Kaunis Iron to transport ore on a 160-kilometre route between Kaunisvaara and Pitkäjärvi in the Lapland region, starting next year.

The 'NextETRUCK' project, co-funded by Horizon Europe, will deploy medium-duty electric trucks in pilots in three European cities in Spain and the Netherlands.

The German retrofit company will install driveblocks' autonomous technology in an electric truck which will begin pilot testing in the summer of 2023.

The Bollinger B4 is a cab-over truck which is driven by a solid rear-axle e-drive motor and powered by an 800-volt lithium iron phosphate battery pack supplied by an unnamed “world class battery manufacturer”.

The SEA 500 EV medium-duty truck is installed with a fully-electrified pumping system, installed by Refuel International.

LIGHTS, which stands for ‘Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions’, brought public and private companies, authorities, and institutions together to draw up and test plans for deploying battery-electric trucks at scale in the state of California.

The Northern Irish manufacturer received an order worth GBP81m from First Bus for 193 battery-electric buses, including single- and double-deckers.