The event was designed to demonstrate the vehicle’s capabilities.

Lohscheller will be replaced by Board Chairman Stephen Girsky, a former General Motors executive. Girsky will remain on the Board of Directors and Steve Shindler, a Director since October 2020, will serve as Chairman of the Board. 

Truck sales in the Brazil fell by 8.8% in the first half of 2023, which was due largely to the introduction of new more stringent PROCONVE P8 (Euro 6) emissions legislation that came into effect on January 1, this year.

Farizon plans to use the funds to strengthen its R&D and new product development operations, as it looks to consolidate its position as China’s leading manufacturer of new energy commercial vehicles.

CMB stands for collision mitigation braking system - the system is supplied by Hitachi Astemo.

Schmitz earlier this year opened its factory in Manchester and is looking to expand its product range as well as volumes accordingly.

DAF’s new generation combustion engine trucks (LF and XD series as well as certain XF, XG and XG+ trucks) are able to use Hydrogen Vegetable Oil (HVO), a biofuel the company claims can reduce CO2 by 90% compared with diesel. For operators, these new generation trucks can utilise HVO without any modifications whilst emulating their performance and service intervals of up to 200,000 kilometres.

Having spent his entire professional career at the company, Goetz (52) took over the position of CFO in July 2021 and was largely responsible for the successful spin-off of Daimler Truck Holding from what is now the Mercedes-Benz Group in December 2021.

The company halted production at its joint venture plant in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk in March 2022.

Under the agreement, charging stations for Commercial Vehicles (CVs) will be placed every 120km along the EU’s main highways by 2028, whilst hydrogen refuelling stations will be installed at least every 200km by 2031.

Jing-Jin Electric(JJE) is a global supplier focussed electric drive systems for passenger vehicle and commercial vehicles.  JJE has a full suite of state-of-the-art technologies in electric motors, power electronics, transmissions, software and integrated electric drive (3-in-1) systems.

In the past year, Phoenix Mobility has rebranded itself as ‘Tolv’ and attained UTAC and CNRV certification for the conversion of Renault mid-sized vans to electric power.