The demonstration vehicle achieved 16 miles per gallon fuel efficiency and a 170% improvement in freight efficiency over the 2009 ‘SuperTruck I’ vehicle.

The U.S. Department of Energy took the decision to cancel the deal with Microvast in late May without offering any specific reason - though the company has been the subject of allegations linking it to the Chinese government.

The company said trucks built on these two platforms will give it a presence in around 80% of the country’s heavy-duty truck sub-segments.

The market continued to decline despite a pick-up in economic growth to 2.7% year-on-year in the first quarter after slowing to 1.4% in the fourth quarter of last year.

The decision was reportedly motivated by the weak profitability of the Plattsburgh, New York operations over several years.

The range, called ‘Luminus’, is based on the BZL Electric chassis and is available in lengths varying between 9.7 and 13 metres.

This is just one of many recent acquisitions by Borgwarner in the electromobility sector.

The agreement between Toyota and Komatsu is to further enhance safety in mineral extraction operations. Komatsu has so far deployed 650 heavy duty mining trucks with its Autonomous Haulage System ()at 22 mining sites in five different countries,

The company will provide European customers with its electric bus charging solutions. Dietrich Müller, previously Head of E-Systems at Daimler Buses has been appointed Managing Director of Daimler Buses Solutions.

Commercial vehicle sales in the first four months of 2023 were up by almost 9% after declining by 40% in the same period of last year.

Okan Baş, CEO of Karsan at UITP in Barcelona, Spain, announced the company had sold its 700th electric vehicle very recently and that now, with a presence in 20 countries, its goal in 2023 is to double its e-bus sales of 330 units in 2022.

Seating 62 passengers, these 10.8m long double-deckers are built on a BYD chassis and driveline.