With Fernride’s technology, drivers will be able to “teleoperate” the tractors – that is to say, they will be able to drive them remotely – and take advantage of assistance systems that Terberg and Fernride will “gradually” develop in order to make the vehicles more and more autonomous.

With deliveries beginning in the second half of 2023, this order follows the announcement in January of a 500 articulated E-WAY electric city bus order from Flemish government-owned public transport operator De Lijn.

The two companies have agreed to a pilot phase during which Ecobat will maintain and repair lithium-ion batteries for Tevva’s customers - with scope to expand the partnership to additional energy storage and battery recycling services.

Hofmann, who has previously worked for Volkswagen, will lead the development of Volta Trucks’ Digital Platform.

The company announced that series production is set to begin in the second quarter of this year at the contract manufacturing facility in Steyr, Upper Austria.

The kingdom's first electric bus to enter commercial operation serves passengers travelling between the old part of Jeddah and the districts in the north-western part of the inner city.

Under the Inflation Reduction Act, vehicles with a gross weight exceeding 14,000 pounds (6350 kg) can now qualify for commercial clean vehicle tax credits of up to USD40,000.

Sales of medium and heavy rigid trucks (7.5t gvw and above) in India increased by 46.3% in the period for April to December of 2022-23 to 181,934 units from 124,367 units in same period of the year 2021-22.

The facility includes a 15,000-square-foot workshop with all the necessary infrastructure to service traditional internal combustion engine-powered trucks as well as electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Domestic sales of buses and coaches (7.5t gvw and above) increased by 130.5% in Q3 (October to December) of the financial year 2022-23 (Q3/FY22-23) to register 8,331 units, up from 3,615 units in Q3 of FY 2021-22.

The company announced an emissions testing milestone for its Vehicle Group's cylinder deactivation (CDA) and late intake valve closing (LIVC) technologies. Both are proven to systematically reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), and both are designed for diesel-engine-powered commercial vehicles to achieve compliance with new EU Euro VII emissions legislation.

The company has started pre-series production of its new all-electric Syberia eCool temperature-controlled unit, designed to be used with urban delivery electric trucks.