On 3 August, the company celebrated the opening of its 100th Fleetrite location at Kyrish Truck Center, based in Willis, Texas.

Contracted by Walkers Crisps (owned by PepsiCo), two DAF XD Electric trucks will be used to transport Walkers products between Leicester and Coventry. Both vehicles are powered by the Einride Saga intelligent platform, to optimise routes, charging needs and achieve the highest utilisation rates.

Hino's new Thai-based ASEAN regional research and development (R&D) and manufacturing hub is located on the Asia Industrial Estate (Suvarnabhumi) in Khlong Suan, Bang Bo, Samutprakan province, Thailand.

The Primaax EX is recommended to customers who need trucks for vocational and heavy haulage applications.

Testing adduced a volumetric score of 32.82 cubic metres, the highest ever achieved by a vehicle assessed for the Direct Vision Standard (the second-best score being 22 cubic metres).

The agreement to supply 253 hydrogen-fuelled vehicles between late 2024 and 2027 marks Quantron’s first major foray into the French market.

Pepper Motion will take over 'BAX' – a cab-chassis platform powered by a BPW e-axle – shouldering the responsibility for assembly, marketing, and aftersales.

Sigma Powertrain's flagship product is the EMAX, an electric drive system for electric vehicles in classes 6-8, as well as offroad vehicles and heavy equipment. It incorporates a transmission based on a patented design which uses no hydraulics.

The investment will go into preparing the plant for production of its next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) for full-size light-duty trucks.

This new model is Mitsubishi's sixth-generation Triton pickup truck - it is, however, the first full-model changeover in eight years, with the current model first being launched in 2015.

The merger with ElectraMeccanica, which is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of this year, is being made with the view of combining industrial assets on both sides of the Atlantic and scaling up electric vehicle production for the European and North American markets. 

It is believed that a defective component was responsible for a coolant leak which led to a truck fire at Nikola headquarters on 23 June, according to the findings of a third party investigation.