Built for the U.S. Department of Energy’s SuperTruck II programme, the prototype truck, described by Paccar as a “testbed for future product technologies”, was developed in order to improve freight ton efficiency by 100% compared to a 2009 baseline.

The five locations which were recently added were Vanguard Truck Centers dealerships in Phoenix, Arizona; Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Austin and Houston, Texas.

As the leader in the UK truck market, a comprehensive aftermarket network has been key to the company's success. More than GBP 100 million was spent in 2023 on upgrading dealer premises, including the Adams Morey in Bridgewater, Ford & Slater in Stockton and North West Trucks in Warrington.

The eCanter was originally launched in 2017, with a new upgraded model made available since last year. It is sold in a growing number of markets in Asia, including Taiwan from last month.

The deal follows on from a framework agreement signed last year, allowing for data transfer between TrailerConnect and TIP’s fleet management platform (‘TIP Insight’).

Solutrans 2023 was held between 21-25 November at Eurexpo in Lyon, France. Over 1,000 exhibitors and 50,000 guests gathered for the 17th edition of this historic show, centred around the European heavy and light commercial vehicle industry.

Through their agreement, Torc will access data collected from Uber Freight’s transport network, representing more than USD18bn in active freight under management and more than 100,000 digitally-enable carriers.

This involves implementation of comprehensive annual sales, maintenance and service contracts by dedicated Tata service teams.

Assembly is taking place in partnership with local company, Groupe Premium in Casablanca.

The ‘X-Fold P94’, one of the latest products in Pommier’s ‘R58-03’ range of underrun bars for semi-trailers, is a manual retractable bar with round steel tube.

The companies have formed a joint venture (NextGen AssetCo) for leasing up to 1,000 electric bus batteries for GBP 100 million as part of FirstGroup’s plan to electrify its electric bus fleet in the UK. This new company will purchase the batteries, which will then be leased to First Bus over an eight-year period.

The plant has capacity to disassemble and recycle up to 15,000 end-of-life vehicles each year: This launch follows the success of the two facilities in Jaipur and Bhubaneshwar.