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.

CJPT, a research joint venture into alternative propulsion systems, decided that Hino's past wrongdoings - which includes falsification of data during emissions testing of its engines - were incompatible with its zero-carbon goals.

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.

Both German automotive corporations, which have both committed to ramping up production of electric vehicles before the end of the decade, are keen to establish secure and sustainable supply chains for their EV manufacturing operations.

Brazil's CV market ended half-year marginally down but with positive outlook.

Argentine CV market moderately positive in first six months of 2022.

The Colombian truck and bus market ended the first half of the year up 18.2% against the same period in 2021, according to figures released by ANDEMOS (National Association for Sustainable Mobility), based in Bogotá, Colombia.

Export figures of commercial vehicles from Brazil in the first half of this year indicate a positive trend for the truck and bus sectors.

Jon Panzer, who replaces Sherri Baker, spent 26 years of his career at Union Pacific Railroad Company, where he was most recently Senior Vice President of Intermodal Operations.

Parker Meeks, who joined the company as Chief Strategy Officer in June 2021, previously worked at TRC Companies and McKinsey & Company.

Adam Chassin joins Volta Trucks from tech firm Instafreight, specialising in digital products for logistics management.

Oliver Blume is appointed Chairman and CEO of the Group; the number of members on the board is reduced from twelve to nine.