The companies believe that adopting stricter emission standards for trucks will force manufacturers to increase production of zero-emission trucks and therefore bring down the price of these heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs).

Detroit remains a significant player in the manufacturing of truck and bus components enabling it to support DTNA.

Later this year, the vehicles will be deployed at the Kramer City Terminal; the following year, they will begin operating on the Maasvlakte Container Exchange Route as well.

The project, named ‘Beryl’, aims to reduce the weight of Achates Power’s current-gen opposed-piston engine by 60%.

With deliveries scheduled between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, the Dutch public transport operator, HTM, has ordered a mixture of both 12 and 18-metre versions of the bus. Having purchased the full “e-package solution,” Daimler will install and manage electric charging points (pantographs) at HTM’s depot in the Hague.

Einride has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian postal service, PostNord, to electrify 1,500km of Norwegian highway to bring zero-emission transport to the market.

The new plant will produce wiring systems for the CV industry in order to meet the growing demand in that segment of the business.

A short report on the Global Technology Day, held on 29 June 2023, which featured factory tours, vehicle demonstrations, and a keynote by CEO Dr Holger Klein.

The bankruptcy estate of Sensible 4 is proceeding to liquidation of the company’s assets and invites any interested parties to get in contact by 31 July.

The Iveco SpA / Plus Inc heavy-duty truck (Iveco S-Way) installed with Plus’s level 4 autonomous driving technology (‘PlusDrive’), has hit public roads in Germany.

These tests were designed to see how the vehicle copes in extreme temperatures and to try out the newly developed thermal management system. The engineers were also interested to monitor how the fuel cell system operates at extreme altitudes.

Chief Financial Officer Craig Webster cited unfavourable market conditions, “including interest rates doubling in the last year”, as the motivating factor behind the decision.