The new Chairman takes over from family shareholder Peter Haller, who will remain at Quantron as a board member.

The truck is operating in the new districts of Nordhavn, Sydhavn and Amager and reportedly finishes with 40% of its battery capacity still left unused at the end of a typical day.

Nilsson spent most of his career at Volvo, working in roles related to strategy, business development and product planning and in regions including Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.

The company announced the order of 150 E-Way 12-m long fully electric city buses from Italian bus operator Busitalia, with the first batch of 18 being delivered in July 2023 and staggered throughout until 2025.

The Krone Commercial Vehicle Division generated EUR1.7 billion in revenues, an increase of 22.9% compared with the previous year of EUR1.374 billion.

Deliveries of the buses - a mixture of diesel and CNG vehicles worth nearly EUR34.2m altogether - are slated to begin in the second half of this year and will run into the first half of 2024. 

Through what is being abbreviated to CTC (Cell to Chassis) technology, the main components of the battery and other systems are integrated into the floor of the vehicle, eliminating the need for separate battery packs.

Giti has launched its first A-grade rolling resistance heavy-goods vehicle tyres, The Giti GAR206 and Giti GDR207.

Waabi has developed an autonomous driving program which it taught using its own simulation software, which provides a set of driving scenarios to actively teach and assess AI drivers.

The ‘eyewatering’ USD480 million project involves demolishing the existing bus depot and building a new one 272 standard bus equivalent parking bays with charging access, three bus washing lanes, two chassis washing stations, an interior bus washing station, fifteen maintenance bays, rooftop bus parking and a three-story administrative building.

The repower application of an Optare Solo prototype has 280kW/h of battery capacity (DC charging only) and features a dual-motor solution from Advanced Electric Machines.

Forsee has signed a deal with battery cell manufacturer CALB to be supplied with battery cells which will be integrated into Forsee’s battery systems.