Deliveries are set to start in Q4 2025 with the trucks built in partnership with Iowa-based family-run refuse and recycling truck body manufacturer New Way Trucks.

The order is from Clean Green Fuel and Logistics Pvt Ltd, a two-year old start-up logistics focussed on revolutionizing operations with green fuel solutions.

The supply agreement is in support of the Baidyanath company’s plan to create a network of LNG refuelling stations in strategic locations across Central India.

The new extended-range E-Tech T will offer an energy storage capacity of 800 kWh, a significant expansion on the maximum capacity of 540 kWh which is offered with the current version of the truck.

The new truck with the Cummins-derived engine is believed to be the first of global engine partnership between Daimler and Cummins for medium duty engines at Euro VI and beyond.

Dongfeng CV Xinjiang Company is a unit of state-owned Dongfeng Motor Company based in the Urumqi City of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Mahle is contracted to supply a “hydrogen power cell unit” and other components to MAN for its ‘hTGX’ truck, which was announced earlier this year.

The company called the test a “milestone” on its path to commercialisation of self-driving trucks, which it aims to achieve by 2027.

The market for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs, i.e., trucks >6t) continued to slow down in the third quarter of 2024, declining by 6% compared with the same period of the year before, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Plus says it is now ready to begin the second phase of self-driving truck deployment, meaning pilots with customers in America and Europe.

The Swedish manufacturer is adding two new active safety options – one for side collision avoidance and the other for emergency braking – to its heavy-duty truck ranges across all markets.

GTS Group will sell Nikola’s battery electric and fuel cell electric trucks from its Californian dealership, providing services and supporting customers in applying for state and federal incentives.