Solutrans 2023 was held between 21-25 November at Eurexpo in Lyon, France. Over 1,000 exhibitors and 50,000 guests gathered for the 17th edition of this historic show, centred around the European heavy and light commercial vehicle industry.

Forvia’s Fengcheng Mega Plant employs 1200 staff, housing 89 production lines dedicated to producing products in three main areas: display technologies, cockpit electronics and automated driving technologies for both passenger and Commercial Vehicles (CVs).

The ‘X-Fold P94’, one of the latest products in Pommier’s ‘R58-03’ range of underrun bars for semi-trailers, is a manual retractable bar with round steel tube.

The prototype Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is intended to fully recharge a heavy-duty truck in 30-40 minutes, allowing a driver to charge his vehicle up and obtain up to 500 kilometres additional range during his statutory 45-minute break.

Telma’s system, which includes a retarder and generator, is connected to a 10-kWh battery pack for storing the electrical energy recovered from waste heat energy generated by braking. 

The new Bridgestone Ecopia Steer Enliten and Ecopia Drive Enliten tyres are available from January 2024 in size 315/70 R22.5. Four additional sizes will be added next year and one further size in 2025. Bridgestone will add the Ecopia Enliten trailer tyre in Q4 2024.

Şahin Tanker told T&BB that work is underway to build a new production facility in Konya, Turkey.

Representatives from Spain, France and Italy were in attendance. Under the theme of “Enginuity”, a comprehensive product range for the cargo transport, cold chain, and construction (tippers and platforms) sectors were on the stand.

The new model, which is to be built in Izmir and available in the second half of 2024, has been designed to provide low fuel consumption at maximum engine power.

The subsidiary of the American trailer components supplier showcased systems for tyre pressure monitoring and solar power generation specifically for semi-trailers.

The company launched the second generation EnduRace RAT 2 truck tyre range. Available in 315/70 size for 22.5-inch rims, Apollo claims the tyre offers a 5% increase in mileage and a 10% increase in rolling resistance and traction when compared to its previous generation of tyres.

The company claims that its new range of trailers offer improvements in safety, durability, connectivity and sustainability, with energy savings of 21% when compared to previous generations.