Over the next three and a half years, the project’s research partners will deliver nine different vehicles for testing on the road, carrying over 40 tonnes across distances of up to 750 kilometres.

Trimble will take on Transporeon’s customers in Europe and will use its assets to enhance its transport management systems offered in both Europe and North America.

The upgraded version goes beyond monitoring tyre distance, condition, pressure and tread depth, as it now also features tyre history, allowing fleet operators to schedule maintenance better and manage tyre replacement more cost effectively.

The joint venture’s first facility will be located in Uddevalla, Sweden - once fully operational, it will recycle 34,500 tons of used tyres, which is reportedly equal to 40% of Sweden’s annual tyre waste volume.

Quantron states that Norwegian Hydrogen will become its preferred supplier of hydrogen fuel for all of its trucks deployed in Nordic countries – namely, the ‘QHM FCEV’, a range of fuel-cell electric trucks based on the MAN TGX which was showcased at IAA Transportation 2022.

ZF intends to integrate CarPay-Diem’s platform in its telematics offerings for connected vehicles, allowing drivers to pay for fuel or energy through the vehicle dashboard, for instance.

The 238 Crossway class II (12 metre) buses are being delivered to the Sardinian-based public transport company, ARST, with the first 144 having been delivered in March and the remaining 94, being shipped in June 2023. 

Van Hool will supply 54 units of the ‘A15LE E’ line of buses which are powered by two ZF ‘Axtrax’ wheel hub motors (2 x 140kW) and Akasol batteries providing up to 686 kWh energy capacity.

The German retrofit firm announced a series of appointments to key leadership positions in its ‘Quantron USA Inc’ subsidiary, which it established late last year. 

Refrigerated Trailer Rentals Holland BV of Barendrecht fitted the engineless ‘Advancer-e’ to a trailer which it has now leased to Dailycool, a transporter of groceries.

Two bodies - a caged dropside van and a refrigerated box van - are targeted at commercial and vocational applications.

Siemens will supply its newest iterations of the long-running ‘Simatic’ line of PLCs (i.e., industrial computers) and will train Continental engineers in the use of its ‘Totally Integrated Automation Portal’.