The high-powered 1 MW chargers are expected to go into series production in late 2024 and initially, will be rolled out in Finland and then later to other parts of Europe.

The largest battery conference in Europe is set to take place between November 5 to 7, 2024, at the Darmstadtium Science and Congress Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.

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.

The new FL and FE Electric trucks can be ordered now, with deliveries beginning in the first half of next year. 

According to the terms of the asset purchase agreement between the two companies, Phoenix Motor will acquire the ‘Proterra Transit’ business assets for a sum of USD10m.

This will encompass its EV chargers (inductive and DC fast chargers), mobile chargers, related infrastructure and the management software for these charging solutions.

Radius announced that UK HGV (over 7.5 tonnes) drivers can now pre-book and pay for parking and truck washing services at 119 UK truck stops through its fuel card.

Set to be released in 2024, Cummins claims that the X15N natural gas engine delivers diesel-like performance in terms of power, durability and reliability.

Air Liquide said that in the initial phase of deployment, they hope to refuel 2,000 HDVs per day which will require roughly 150-tonnes of hydrogen. Currently, both companies are assessing the viability of the project.

Lightning ZEV4 Type A School Bus, Clean Bus certification and funding, and Lightning Mobile fast charging trailer, are just some of the products and developments the e-Mobility specialist has brought to market this year.

At the show, Schunk demonstrated its latest products from the SLS range of pantographs and presented a new ‘Underbody Charger System’.

As part of the GRIDSERVE-led ‘Electric Freightway’ project, Hitachi has been contracted to build 140 electric heavy-duty vehicle charging stations across 15 motorway charging sites and ten commercial depot charging locations across the UK. Furthermore, Hitachi will collect and manage data gathered from charging sessions to optimise charging, route planning and the battery health of HGVs over the next five years.