This involves implementation of comprehensive annual sales, maintenance and service contracts by dedicated Tata service teams.

The two companies have been working together since January 2020 on verifying the compatibility of fuel-cell systems for heavy-duty trucks.

Starting in Germany, Hemtron will build a hydrogen fuel network on new greenfield sites and at third-party stations, concentrating on locations near logistics centres and motorways. 

The steel will be produced using SSAB’s ‘Hybrit’ technology, developed over the past seven years together with state-owned mining and energy companies, LKAB and Vattenfall AB.

The battery cells are to be sourced from LG Energy Solution to make battery modules and packs for TDCV starting in the first half of 2025.

The Class 5 vehicle will launch with two-wheel drive, a new cab, and a new 800V electrical architecture.

The new facility is scheduled to be completed in 2028 within the company’s Hwaseong manufacturing complex.

The ‘EDV’, short for ‘Electric Delivery Van’, was produced for Amazon package deliveries; since production began in 2021, around 10,000 vehicles have been produced for Amazon in the U.S. and Europe.

Mars Auto develops AI-based self-driving software for freight trucks. In 2019, it was the first company in South Korea to successfully test a self-driving truck.

On the stand BAE Systems displayed its current family of motors and inverters; these included the GPM-10 and GPM-12 direct drive motors alongside a GPM-5 motor with an Eaton MD4 (Medium-Duty 4-speed) gearbox, as well as the MAPS*, MPCS**, and GPI-10 inverters.

Now that it is approved for road use, the Carbon4Tank is ready to be serially produced.

The Iveco SpA / Plus Inc heavy-duty truck (Iveco S-Way) installed with Plus’s level 4 autonomous driving technology (‘PlusDrive’), is to begin its first customer trial in Q1 2024, with German drugstore retailer, dm-drogerie markt.