The German corporation plans to invest in its plants at Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde to prepare them for the ramp-up of electric van production over the next several years.

The 18-metre articulated bus, with 8 storage tanks holding up to 51.2kg of hydrogen, can travel 350 km carrying up to 138 passengers.

The retrofit firm will be offering customers the option to electrify used models of the Actros MP5 range – launched in 2019 as an 18-tonne 4x2 tractor unit – and it will also be producing up to 2,500 units by 2030.

Adam Chassin joins Volta Trucks from tech firm Instafreight, specialising in digital products for logistics management.

During an online event on 14 September, Thermo King Europe unveiled three new products in the Advancer portfolio of trailer refrigeration technologies: a multi-temperature trailer refrigeration unit; an emission-free trailer refrigeration unit; and an axle-based smart energy recovery system developed in partnership with BPW.

'Sustaineer', a technology demonstrator displayed to the public for the first time in Berlin, denotes a range of features including close-range surface heating elements, a ‘mobilisation seat’, dust filtration, aerodynamic design, and a coaching app.

The 69 trucks, which were delivered by Cambridgeshire- and Suffolk-based dealer, Chassis Cab, are new-generation XF 450 models with 10.8-litre PACCAR MX-11 engines rated at 450 hp.

In an exclusive interview with T&BB, Patrick Seidel from the Voith Group explains what makes the ‘Plug & Drive H2 Storage System’ – to be showcased at IAA Transportation between 19-25 September – a unique market offering, and the role played by Voith Composites in developing it.

Heavy electric trucks with a gross combination weight of 74 tons will be employed by Kaunis Iron to transport ore on a 160-kilometre route between Kaunisvaara and Pitkäjärvi in the Lapland region, starting next year.

The 'NextETRUCK' project, co-funded by Horizon Europe, will deploy medium-duty electric trucks in pilots in three European cities in Spain and the Netherlands.

Oliver Blume is appointed Chairman and CEO of the Group; the number of members on the board is reduced from twelve to nine.

The Articulated Bus Steering Control (ABSC) is a new steering control system from Hübner designed to enable new passenger transport solutions in the built environment to extend the length of an articulated bus to 36 metres and to offer a passenger capacity like that of a tram or light railway system.