T&BB interviewed senior management at Hexagon Purus and discussed the company’s market positioning as it looks to capitalise on the growing demand for clean transportation technologies needed to drive zero-emission transportation in the Commercial Vehicle (CV) industry.

Scania says that, with “Complete Fleet”, it addresses the fact that many operators have mixed fleets of trucks and trailers of different ages and from different manufacturers.

The market continued its trend of growth in the third quarter of 2024, reporting a 36.1% increase in registrations to 2,367 compared to the same period of the year before, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Hulsteins to merge its Ecogen2* clip-on hydraulic generator with Addvolt’s powerpacks*, an energy system that enables the electrification of refrigerated transport vehicles. This will enable  100% electrically-powered refrigeration trucking solutions for operators in the UK and Ireland.

Tenneco claims that hydrogen combustion technology is experiencing “an unprecedented surge” of interest from certain “hard-to-abate” sectors of the transport market, including agriculture, construction, and heavy-duty trucking.

The market for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs, i.e., trucks >6t) continued to slow down in the third quarter of 2024, declining by 6% compared with the same period of the year before, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Leyland’s Lancashire operations now produces the entire new generation DAF range, including the XD, XF, XG and XG+ models. The facility is responsible for manufacturing almost all of the DAF trucks sold in the UK and Ireland, with some 40% of all trucks produced exported overseas.

The USD 26 million contract will upgrade 170 New Flyer Xcelsior XT40 and XT60 trolleybuses originally designed to draw power from overhead lines.

The Northern Irish bus manufacturer says that the acquisition of RGI will mean that its retrofit business, dubbed ‘NewPower’, will now be able to refurbish old buses in addition to replacing their engines with electric powertrains.

The Malaysian government mandated that all diesel fuels for commercial vehicles comply with Euro V specifications as of April 1, 2021.

Master Freios stated that it plans to utilize the expertise, structure and distribution network of EBS, which has a strong presence in European and Asian countries.

GLS has helped Hyundai roll out more of its HFC trucks in the marketplace. The Xcient has been deployed in 10 countries, including the U.S., Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Korea, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.