Starting next year, Sunsundegui will be licensed to produce the Volvo ‘9700’ and ‘9900’ coach models, based on a new chassis which Volvo Buses introduced last year.

The American manufacturer claims the new alloy will make its engines more durable and efficient than was previously possible. 

Isuzu and Honda joined forces in 2020 to develop heavy-duty trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells and have now successfully developed a prototype based on Isuzu’s Giga truck

Volvo will supply 150 double deck and 20 single deck buses based on its ‘BZL Electric’ chassis to Stagecoach, who will put them on the roads of Manchester from Summer 2024.

The MAN truck, which will reach its first customers next year, was picked from a roster of approximately 20,000 products, submitted from 60 countries to 51 competition categories.

At the first UITP summit in four years, we report on developments related to two topics: electric vehicles and artificial intelligence.

The demonstration vehicle achieved 16 miles per gallon fuel efficiency and a 170% improvement in freight efficiency over the 2009 ‘SuperTruck I’ vehicle.

The U.S. Department of Energy took the decision to cancel the deal with Microvast in late May without offering any specific reason - though the company has been the subject of allegations linking it to the Chinese government.

The company said trucks built on these two platforms will give it a presence in around 80% of the country’s heavy-duty truck sub-segments.

The range, called ‘Luminus’, is based on the BZL Electric chassis and is available in lengths varying between 9.7 and 13 metres.

This is just one of many recent acquisitions by Borgwarner in the electromobility sector.

The agreement between Toyota and Komatsu is to further enhance safety in mineral extraction operations. Komatsu has so far deployed 650 heavy duty mining trucks with its Autonomous Haulage System ()at 22 mining sites in five different countries,