This recent acquisition of 11 units adds to the twenty-one Irizar electric buses that Voyages Emile Weber purchased previously in 2019, reinforcing their commitment to sustainable public transportation.

‘Renault Trucks UK Training Academy’, located in the village of Whetstone, near Leicester, will provide accredited and manufacturer-specific technical training to technicians and apprentices, combining practical and classroom-based learning.

‘Transporeon Integrated App Program’ (TIAP), described by the company as an “application integration framework”, is intended to ensure interoperability between a carrier’s transport management system and Transporeon’s own data management and sharing platform, eliminating the need for extra work to integrate the two.

The manufacturer is trialling a new autonomous driving feature, developed in-house, which allows buses to drive into and out of passenger stops independently of the driver.

The truck, an ‘E-Tech C’, is a five-axle model which can carry up to ten cubic metres of concrete in a Stetter-branded mixer developed by Schwing Group of Germany.

The Krone Commercial Vehicle Division generated EUR 1.58 billion in revenues, a decrease of 26.1% compared with 2023 figures of EUR 2.14 billion.

The company has launched two new services designed for the evaluation, verification, and benchmarking of AI-powered systems.

At the end of January, the European Commission kicked off a series of strategic dialogues with business leaders from the automotive industry to review regulations which set mandatory CO2 emission targets for newly-registered vehicles. In a press release, the ACEA alleged that car and van manufacturers could face fines of up to EUR16bn this year for failing to comply with the regulation. Cummins expects that a similar target for CVs – a 43% reduction starting in 2030 – will not be achieved without a drastic transformation of the market. Echoing the opinion of the ACEA, Lamb told Truck & Bus Builder that “the rollout of infrastructure for both electric and hydrogen vehicles is slower than will be needed to meet the 2030 target”.

The ‘StackPack 75’ fuel cell system is designed for on-road applications such as urban and intercity buses, coaches, and light- to medium-duty trucks, as well as offroad handling and construction equipment.

Hands-free charging systems developed by Rocsys will support a fleet of thirty self-driving terminal tractors, allowing them to recharge without requiring humans to manually connect and disconnect them.

The truck developed by Scania is a 230-kW series hybrid running primarily on battery-electric power, with a 120-kW petrol-powered generator to provide backup energy.

The automotive manufacturer has announced the ‘VAN.CA’, or “Van Combustion Architecture”, will be launched following the introduction of the ‘VAN.EA’, or “Van Electric Architecture”, in 2026.