Bosch announced its decision to discontinue collaboration on solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technologies with Ceres and to consider selling its 17.44% stake in the company which led to a sharp decline in the British firm's share price.

Of the two divisions (CVS and RVS), Knorr-Bremse said the Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) Division’s revenues were down 13.9% due to unstable geopolitical and market conditions. 2024 revenues came in at EUR 3.84 billion (2023: EUR 4.18 billion). Order intake was down 14.6% at EUR 3.74 billion (2023: EUR 4.21 billion).

The operation in Adana, extends to 2,250 square metres and operates nine assembly lines.

‘Transporeon Integrated App Program’ (TIAP), described by the company as an “application integration framework”, is intended to ensure interoperability between a carrier’s transport management system and Transporeon’s own data management and sharing platform, eliminating the need for extra work to integrate the two.

The truck, an ‘E-Tech C’, is a five-axle model which can carry up to ten cubic metres of concrete in a Stetter-branded mixer developed by Schwing Group of Germany.

The Krone Commercial Vehicle Division generated EUR 1.58 billion in revenues, a decrease of 26.1% compared with 2023 figures of EUR 2.14 billion.

The truck developed by Scania is a 230-kW series hybrid running primarily on battery-electric power, with a 120-kW petrol-powered generator to provide backup energy.

The automotive manufacturer has announced the ‘VAN.CA’, or “Van Combustion Architecture”, will be launched following the introduction of the ‘VAN.EA’, or “Van Electric Architecture”, in 2026.

MAN says it has invested EUR220m to retool the Nuremberg plant for D30 production, as well as an additional EUR30m in associated crankshaft production in Salzgitter.

The ‘Air Top Pro 25’ is a commercial vehicle air heater with a maximum output of 8,500 BTU/h, or 2.5 kilowatts, whereas the ‘Cool Split 20 Evo’ air conditioning system is designed specifically for heavy-duty trucks.

Daimler announced decreased sales in 2024, with 460,409 trucks and buses sold compared with 526,053 in 2023, a 12% decrease. This is a rocky start for recently appointed CEO Karin Rådström, who succeeded Martin Daum late last year.

The new building will replace the company’s old Hamburg branch which dates back to the 1970s.