Einride AB, based in Stockholm, has unveiled a new range of hardware and software products at its ‘Einride Mesh’ event, including a design for a new semi-trailer and new features for its Saga platform.

Knorr-Bremse has announced that it has sold its 9.2% stake in Haldex to SAF-Holland, ending its financial interest in the Swedish brakes and suspensions manufacturer.

The Swedish manufacturer will begin producing a new generation of battery-electric trucks designed for regional haul, with the range extended up to 350 km on a single charge, from the end of 2023.

Volvo Trucks has signed an agreement with sewer management firm Bucher Municipal AG to collaborate in the development of electric trucks for sewer cleaning applications. 

Scanian announced that it will put a 64-tonne electric truck-trailer combination into operation with customer Dagab Inköp & Logistik AB, a logistics provider for grocery firm Axfood AB of Stockholm, Sweden.

Swedish technology firm Einride AB, based in Stockholm, has announced the signing of an operational agreement with A.P. Moller-Maersk, to provide its Freight Mobility platform to the Danish shipping giant.

Concentric AB has received a new development contract to supply electric coolant pumps for a fuel cell application. The customer, an unnamed global truck, bus, and construction OEM, will use the e-pumps for cooling the fuel cells on a range of vehicles.

The Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer will appeal the judgement handed down by the General Court of the EU, that Scania did in fact violate ‘antitrust’ rules between 1997-2011, the period during which major European truck manufacturers reportedly colluded in fixing prices.

Volta Trucks will begin pilot testing of the 7.5- and 12-tonne variants in 2024, with series production in the following year, thus expanding the range of weight & length options for potential Volta Zero customers.

Impact Coatings AB has announced the opening of its subsidiary in China, headquartered in Shanghai. The objective of the new subsidiary is to distribute the firm’s PVD (physical vapor deposition) coatings for hydrogen fuel cells in China.

The Swedish EV manufacturer has revealed the location of its first customer operations centre in Paris, France which will deliver the company’s Truck-as-a-Service business model following customer pilots of the Volta Zero truck in mid-2022.

Following two orders from operators in Hamburg for a total of 53 buses, the German manufacturer has announced that more than 700 of its electric buses have been ordered since the sales launch of the Lion’s City E range in 2020.