In addition to a snow plough at the front of the truck, a second plough is attached to the side of the Pacton salt spreader trailer, measuring 5.5 metres in length.

This order has helped CaetanoBus scale up production of the H2 City Gold model with orders for more than 115 units throughout Europe, including Germany, France, Portugal, Denmark and now Spain.

Their first joint project is a workshop benchmarking system aimed at helping commercial vehicle workshops identify opportunities to improve sales and streamline operations. This system will be tested and further developed in collaboration with selected pilot workshops in the Netherlands and Germany. ​

SDC supplied 200 of its ‘Tri-Maxi Curtainsiders’, 4.6-metre tri-axle trailers with bolt-on components produced at the company’s Toomebridge and Mansfield sites.

Through this collaboration both companies aim to address the infrastructure and vehicle availability challenges in hydrogen mobility, supporting the transition to cleaner transportation solutions.

The University of Manchester’s mechanical and aerospace engineering department is looking into refrigerated vehicles as the effect of the fridge unit on the overall vehicle aerodynamics is understudied.

This technology integrates holographic optical elements directly into vehicle’s windows, transforming them into interactive displays to provide passengers with real-time information, such as upcoming stops, nearby attractions, and advertisements.

Expcted to be the first hydrogen-powered bus on the market.

He will be replaced as CEO of Maxion Wheels by Mark Gerardts, who is currently the business unit president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Dr Holger Engelmann, the incumbent CEO and chairman, will leave the company on 31 March.

According to SMMT’s own post-show review, “more than 400 senior representatives from industry, government, and the infrastructure, energy, fleets, insurance and logistics sectors” were in attendance to discuss “the transition to zero emission mobility”. Certainly, the conference drew a large and diverse crowd of people, but while the auditorium spilled over with attendees, the speeches and panel discussions were light on substance. Lilian Greenwood, Member of Parliament and undersecretary to the transport secretary, did not explain how the Starmer government would provide certainty to the industry in its transition to electric, other than a bland assertion that the 2030 and 2035 bans on combustion-engine cars and vans, which have already been moved twice, were “iron-clad” targets that the current government would stick to.

This different approach involves installing Kempower's charging equipment below ground, effectively preserving truck parking space at logistics depots.