Designed for delivery applications, the truck is built on the Freightliner M2 106 Plus medium-duty truck platform and comes with two battery and driveline options.

Lightning ZEV4 Type A School Bus, Clean Bus certification and funding, and Lightning Mobile fast charging trailer, are just some of the products and developments the e-Mobility specialist has brought to market this year.

Vehicle deployment is to take place on the 120 acre campus in mid-2024.

The telematics software, Lightning Insights, is powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and allows operators to manage commercial fleets in real-time, tracking up to 156 separate data points. This data has been generated in eight years monitoring 600 + vehicles over eight million kilometres.

Chris Silguero, the appointee, will be tasked with leading the expansion and doubling the group business in North America over the next five years.

The pilot line is housed in a new facility, dubbed ‘ONE Circle’, which is intended to support up to 20 GWh of annual production capacity when ramped up.

The benefits of stamped battery terminals, according to the company, include weight savings and greater energy cycling performance compared to diecast or forged terminals. 

Beginning in 2024, Modine’s facility in Pontevico, Italy will make products from the ‘EVantage’ line of thermal management systems, including battery thermal management and electronics cooling systems.

Phoenix Motor’s retrofit kit is designed for medium-duty vehicles, similar to the Class 4-5 vehicles which make up the company’s current product portfolio.

O’Leary will remain a member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck into 2026 after an impressive set of financial results and the successful delivery of major projects in the U.S.A.

Beginning in 2024, the company will integrate its batteries, battery software and auxiliary modules into the unnamed North American OEM’s electric vocational trucks.

The ‘Permalite Apex’ is a thin 14-inch light strip which can be mounted in the upper corners of a dry box or refrigerated trailer, putting it out of the way of potential damage by forklifts and other loading equipment.