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.

The renewable energy firm sent Nikola-Iveco a Letter of Intent to acquire 100 'Tre' fuel-cell electric trucks in 2024 and 2025.

The companies agreed to test Nikola’s Class 8 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks at Allison’s 60,000-square-foot vehicle electrification and environmental test centre in Indianapolis, USA.

100 electric trucks - which enter production in the first half of 2024 - will be added to DB Schenker’s fleet by 2026, according to the agreement between the two companies.

The model shown at World of Concrete in Las Vegas features self-heating LED headlights which improve forward visibility by up to 29% and peripheral visibility by up to 50%.

The order comprises a mix of 16-tonne and 19-tonne E-Tech D trucks, which Renault Trucks began delivering in the fourth quarter of 2022, continuing up until 2024.

In 2025 HVS plans pilot production of purpose-built hydrogen fuel cell tractor unit for the UK and markets of Continental Europe.

The two companies have reached a definitive agreement to set up a joint venture to provide Class 8 fuel cell trucks along with services and green hydrogen infrastructure as part of a single package from 2027.

Volvo Group, Daimler Truck, and Traton Group have announced that their heavy vehicle charging joint venture will operate under the name Milence BV, based in Amsterdam.