Kempower is currently establishing an electric vehicle (EV) charging station production facility in Durham, North Carolina, the United States. Joyce will oversee this project as well as the strategy to grow the company throughout North America.

The company has signed a European sales and service agreement with German EV charging service provider GP Joule Connect, for Germany, Denmark, Austria, and Poland. Kempower will be responsible for the installation, operation, service and maintenance of its EV charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, which also include CVs.

The new 10,000-square-metre production facility in Lahti will double the company’s production capacity in Europe in order to meet the growing demand for its EV chargers.

The bankruptcy estate of Sensible 4 is proceeding to liquidation of the company’s assets and invites any interested parties to get in contact by 31 July.

There is significant capital to be invested in the company with the explicit aim of doubling its manufacturing capacity by the end of 2027 to service both the OE and aftermarket segments.

UD Trucks working with autonomous driving system software and hardware provider and integrator, Finland’s Sensible 4 Oy.

Using the Scania Fleet Management Portal as the foundation, the two companies have come up with a digital application which draws on data regarding where a truck has been refuelled, its mileage, and fuel emission data for Neste’s renewable diesel.

The vehicles will operate in the Nordics transporting granular and powdered materials with a maximum volume of 90m3.

In conditions of poor visibility, human drivers often struggle to safely navigate their vehicles, and AI drivers have even greater difficulties. This month, T&BB spoke to CEO and co-founder of Sensible 4, Harri Santamala, about the company and its product, DAWN – an autonomous driving technology specifically designed to deal with all weathers and all visibility conditions.

The two companies worked together to automate a Quon heavy-duty truck so it could transport and dump material without a driver.

‘DAWN’ is an autonomous driving software platform product designed specifically for all-weather conditions in which visibility is obscured due to darkness or heavy rain or snowfall.

The Finnish firm is investing EUR1.9bn to expand production at its refinery from 1.4m to 2.7m tons per year, beginning in the first half of 2026.