Nikola Iveco received a Letter of Intent from the freight-forwarding firm to acquire 20 fuel-cell electric trucks – with the eventual intention of replacing its entire fleet with Nikola’s vehicles.

Blue Energy Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (Blue Energy Motors) of Pune, is a two-year-old start-up backed by a Singapore-based finance firm.

Testing of the Iveco Bus / Plus Inc heavy-duty truck (Iveco S-Way) installed with Plus’s level 4 autonomous driving technology (‘PlusDrive’), is set to expand from Germany into Austria, Italy and Switzerland in March 2023 in order to collect more complex road data and ultimately go into series production.

DTNA launches its Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia Day Cab (116 in. BBC), paired with the Cummins ISX12N engine and the new Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series automatic transmission.

The project brings together a consortium led by HVS and includes Fusion Processing and Asda.

The company reported record production of 68,000 trucks in 2022 and a 17.3% share in the European heavy truck (16t gvw+ ) market with a high number coming from the new Generation DAF XD series.

The FH and FM ranges will now be offered with gas engines up to 500hp and up to 4% more fuel efficient than before.

XCMG is traditionally a manufacturer of construction equipment, but in recent years it has been expanding into the on-highway business.

The 4-axle trailer allows a payload of up to 38.5 tonnes.

December 2022 saw Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda (VWCO) of Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil begin testing its largest electric truck model to date, the e-Delivery 17.

The shipments were made to the Adani-run ports of Ennore, Katupalli, Hazira and Mundra and has been widely publicised as the first sizeable batch order for heavy-duty electric trucks for port operation in India.

Giti has launched its first A-grade rolling resistance heavy-goods vehicle tyres, The Giti GAR206 and Giti GDR207.