Daimler Buses and Sinos have been collaborating since 2022, with Sinos providing its proprietary software to support Daimler’s fleet electrification efforts. This acquisition formalises that relationship, enabling Daimler Buses to offer its customers customised, long-term digital solutions for electric fleet operations.

The company showcased its latest advancements in tipper technology, emphasising durability, payload efficiency, and operator convenience. Their range caters for the construction industry, road construction and waste disposal industries.

The plan is to list a joint holding company in 2026.

The company was unprepared for the financial disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and didn’t receive the necessary financial support from the government.

The new agreement will see FPT Industrial supplying Agrale with the N60 CNG (natural gas or biomethane) 200hp / 750Nm engine for the MA 11.0 GNV chassis.

Kohlmeier succeeds Stefan Thyssen, who returns to Munich to take up a new role in the company.

Through Webfleet’s OEM connect program, Krone trailers equipped with factory-installed telematics can now be directly integrated into the Webfleet platform, eliminating the need for aftermarket hardware installations.​

The 6-metre bus will serve in Ebbsfleet Valley, an area of major urban development between the Kentish towns of Dartford and Gravesend.

ZF will supply several thousand units of its latest e-axle range, ‘AxTrax 2’, to a “leading customer” in India over several years.

Available as a 9-tonne, 11-tonne, or 15-tonne truck, the new Atlas range is fitted with driver and passenger airbags, which Otokar claims is a first for its segment in the Turkish market.

A key aspect of the acquisition is a long-term agreement with the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The prototype, dubbed ‘Alumotor’, is a synchronous reluctance motor which does not require rare earth metals or cobalt in order to work.