According to a report from The Bolton News, WN VTech called in administrators due to supply chain “challenges” - it has since been confirmed that Mellor, along with Treka, VCS, Promech Technologies, Coleman Milne and JM Engineering, will be rescued following the Dumarey acquisition, allaying fears of significant job losses.

The company cut 150 jobs in the U.S. and Canada amid financial pressure as it seeks profitability. The cuts came in the manufacturing and administrative segments of the business.

Sales of light-duty buses (7.5t & below) surged by 24% to register 13,142 units in Q2 of FY 2023-24 from 10,595 units in Q2 of FY2022-23.

The first deliveries of the second-generation vehicle are set for May 2024 and will be produced at the new truck production plant in Lazkao, Spain.  According to Irizar, the truck is lighter, has a redesigned cab and has made significant improvements to its batteries.

The trucks are equipped with an e-motor offering nominal power of 120kW and 190kW output and nominal torque of 950 and 1,850Nm respectively (2,600 and 3,500Nm peak performance). 

Through Connected Mobility, customers can procure new tyres, access services to maintain and optimise their tyres, and make use of digital tools such as fleet management and tyre pressure monitoring.

Sales of LCV goods carrier vehicles (trucks) of gvw ≤ 7.5t remained steady in Q2 of FY 2023-24, rising just 0.5% to 140,991 units compared with 141,635 units in same period of FY 2022-23.

A startup cannot live on ideas alone, no matter how good; it must be able to turn them into a viable business case if it is to remove its dependency on investor funds. That was the message of Jean-Claude Bailly, who took over the ailing French tech company Navya SA when it was saved from insolvency earlier this year by Gaussin and Macnica,1 during an interview with Truck & Bus Builder.

There are two parts of the station, the Charge & Go for fast charging and Charge & Park for overnight charging. The fast-charging segment has charging points with output up to 240 kW and the overnight charging section, with output up to 160 kW.

Accountancy firm Price Bailey reported on 1 December that, between 30 September 2022 & 2023, a record number of British haulage businesses went bust, more than double the amount from two years ago.

Tractor sales grew by 43.5% during the second quarter (Q2) of FY 2023-24 to register 17,539 units compared with 12,221 units in the same quarter of the previous year (FY 2022-23).

Vicinity made its presence known to the APTA visitors by displaying the Vicinity Lightning featuring Exro’s ‘two speed’ inverter and announced two new Level 4 AD trial projects.