Available in the chassis cab version at 17 tons gross vehicle weight (GVW), it offers a tare weight of 4,995 kg with a load capacity of some 11,500 kg depending on the body.

With over 100 staff, the plant has a production capacity of 1,000 vehicles per year, including hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric buses, with alternative propulsion systems produced in Turin.

Scarpino de Castro joins the company from Irizar, where he served as President for its U.S. subsidiary.

The exhaust thermal management system will see the companies combine Tenneco’s Cold Start Thermal Unit (CSTU) and Eaton’s Twin Vortices Series (TVS) blower which allows the airflow to be controlled to maintain the CTSU’s optimal temperature, creating less CO2 emissions.

The letter expands on a pre-existing deal to sell MCV-bodied Volvo buses in the UK.

3,140 of the total 4,056 CVs registered in Q1 of 2023 were trucks , a decrease of 21.0% compared with 3,973 units sold in the previous first quarter last year.

Watt's new partner, Etrux, is qualified in the construction of Luton bodies for cab-chassis platforms and in converting vans to applications such as utilities and temperature-controlled transportation.

The three million square metre plant is the company’s largest manufacturing site and employs just under 10,000 staff members manufacturing the Actros, Arocs, Atego, Econic, Unimog and Zetros models with a total capacity of 470 trucks per day.

Some of the new options - including blind spot detection and driver monitoring systems - address safety issues which all new vehicles will need to account for when new EU regulations come into effect in July 2024.

The Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI), first launched in 2021, plans to put over a hundred electric trucks on the road and 35 chargers at two sites in order to trial them in real operations at scale. 

Iveco achieved market leadership in Argentina with a strong increase in registrations of 1,313 units, a 42% rise on 920 registered in the first quarter of 2022.

The 2023 Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham from the 18th – 20th of April, was an exciting time for the UK truck market with 223 exhibitors displaying their new product offerings.