Watèa was created by Michelin in 2021 to offer an LCV subscription service, helping clients with procuring vehicles and charging infrastructure and providing them with digital services.

This is the first of an 879-order comprising 636 two-axle 4x4 trucks for general transportation purposes and 243 four-axle 8x8 trucks for specific applications such as tipping, container transport and crane operation.

The funds raised are intended to support the company’s research and development into e-mobility, autonomous vehicles and advanced safety systems.

UFI Filters’ “oil filtration module” for the European original equipment (OE) market reportedly provides better performance and lower emissions and fuel costs for trucks.

The project brings together a consortium led by HVS and includes Fusion Processing, Grayson and PNDC.

The two-day session saw a scale model of the 7.5-tonne Tevva truck facing winds of up to 80 mph, providing data on how airflow might affect the vehicle’s range and performance.

The French manufacturer has been awarded a public contract for 73 battery-electric trucks to serve in waste management and street cleaning operations in the city of Barcelona, Spain.

Advik Hi-Tech said the creation of an India-based partnership would enable Advik’s expertise to be leveraged to fully localise production and the supply chain, and offer ‘Made in India’ products to Indian OEMs at affordable costs.

Volvo Group North America will deploy the 8 trucks as part of a USD10m programme funded by New York Clean Transportation Prizes, an initiative from the state of New York designed to reduce air pollution.

Scania has issued a green bond worth SEK3bn to support further investments into electrification, and it has launched a venture capital fund totalling SEK2bn to support fledgling tech firms in the vehicle industry. 

Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd (MSSL), a subsidiary of SMI, which was previously contracted to operate DICVs facilities in Chennai, as part of the above transaction has signed a long-term agreement with DICV to supply it with complete frame assemblies.

These are specially developed training centres that are designed to support the sale and services of Bharat-Benz branded trucks in the south east and now the east of the country.