Both the diesel and battery electric variants of the MD series will now come with a new cab, which is four inches longer than in the previous model.

On 9 August, the Royal Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada served Vicinity Motor letters demanding full and immediate payment of outstanding debt balances, totalling nearly USD28m.

The Ministry of Transport in Japan is considering introducing dedicated lanes for self-driving trucks on highways connecting major cities to help reduce congestion and address driver shortages.

At a Venture Logistics facility in the Midwest, the project partners will test a 500-kW charging system with two Class 8 battery electric trucks to see what benefits wireless charging could bring to goods transportation.

The vehicle was first debuted on the Irizar stand at Solutrans 2023, hosted in Lyon. These trucks were produced at the new truck production plant in Lazkao, Spain. 

With continuous power of 351 kW and peak power of 850 kW, the GVM310 is designed for applications such as commercial on-road, construction, material handling, forestry, and mining, while weighing only 230 kilograms.

The ‘Hyla’-branded fuel station was opened at the end of July in Etobicoke, a district within the city of Toronto.

The first batch of 20 trucks has already been delivered, and they are now operating across Maritime’s 41 sites in Britain.

The agreement is initially for installation of charging bays for customers with cars and light vans and trucks, but also to undertake a feasibility study to add charging equipment for delivery trucks.

Scania Latin America says it has a remote controlled truck on trial in the heavy duty mining industry segment of Brazil, employing a Scania G 500 8x4 XT heavy-duty 60 tonnes gvw tipper truck.

Across its many German locations, ZF intends to shed between 11,000 and 14,000 employees over the next four years (from a current total of approximately 54,000) in order to cut costs and consolidate its operations.

This marked an important milestone in the electric pickup truck manufacturer’s global expansion, with the Thai subsidiary to serve as a hub for the company’s expansion into other markets in South-east Asia. Radar also launched its Riddara brand in Thailand.