REV Group subsidiary Collins Bus has announced that its Ford E-Transit Type A School Bus is now available for orders. E-Transit is the first Type A School Bus on an electric powertrain from a full-line automaker.
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Volvo Trucks has taken its fuel cell electric truck to Sweden to test it on public roads for the first time. The finished product will hit the road in the second half of the decade.
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Electric drive specialist BAE Systems has teamed up with energy management company Eaton to develop electric drive solutions for commercial vehicles. According to the partners, a US Class 7 demonstration vehicle is already in the works.
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Lion Electric has officially presented the Lion5, an all-electric Class 5 truck powered by Lion’s new in-house engineered and manufactured 800V battery packs. The Lion5 has a maximum payload of up to 12,500 lbs. and production is to start before the end of the year.
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Augsburg-based Quantron has unveiled a new fuel cell truck for the US market with a range of up to 850 miles (1,360 kilometres) designed for heavy-duty and long-haul applications.
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US Truck manufacturer Paccar and Toyota are extending their collaboration efforts to bring hydrogen-fuelled Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks on the road. These will be equipped with Toyota’s next-generation hydrogen fuel cell modules.
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Mercedes-Benz Trucks has started its sales tour through five European countries to present the eActros in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. The tour started at the manufacturer’s largest assembly plant in Wörth.
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Daimler Truck North America has presented the production version of its medium-duty electric truck Freightliner eM2. The eM2 is now available to order in two variants for US Classes 6 and 7.
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Hyundai unveiled its fuel cell tractor Xcient for the US market. The class 8 vehicle is already available in five other countries, including Germany and Switzerland.
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It is the largest single order for electric refuse collection vehicles in the UK to date. Westminster City Council has ordered 40 eCollect from Dennis Eagle, part of the Terberg Environmental Group.
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The city of Boulder, Colorado, has bought an electric fire engine from Rosenbauer. It is not just a first for the city, but also for the US state.
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Volvo Buses wants MCV (Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles) to produce bodies for its electric buses in the city and intercity segments in the European markets from next year. This is provided for in a memorandum of understanding between the two companies.
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SAIC’s commercial vehicle brand Maxus has unveiled its next electric van. The new eDeliver 7 is the third EV transporter from Maxus after the eDeliver 3 and 9 and comes in four sizes. Maxus is also already planning another model.
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The StreetScooter successor B-ON is joining forces with International Motors Limited (IML). Starting later this year, the latter will import and distribute B-ON’s all-electric commercial vehicles to the UK.
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Quantron and Westgass Hydrogen have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to run and fuel hydrogen trucks across the Nordic countries. The two companies will combine their offerings with Quantron deploying fuel cell electric vehicles and Westgass Hydrogen supplying the fuel.
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Iveco Group has opened its plant in Foggia, Italy, which will manufacture battery and fuel cell buses, among other products. The inauguration of the new plant comes eight months after the foundation stone was laid.
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Volta Trucks has started series production of the all-electric 16-tonne Volta Zero truck at contract manufacturer Steyr Automotive in Steyr, Austria. The Swedes also announce that they are now accepting new orders.
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The Norwegian business development agency Enova has launched two programmes to contribute to reduced emissions in the construction industry. The aim is to support the use of emission-free construction machines and mobile charging stations for their operation.
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The supplier ZF has started series production of the electric central drive CeTrax lite. The new driveline is suitable for use in light commercial vehicles up to 7.5 tons. ZF says it has already received orders for the CeTrax from Asia and America.
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Volta Trucks will unveil its Volta Zero electric truck at the US ACT Expo trade show in early May this year. US customers are expected to receive some examples of the Volta Zero in Classes 6 and 7 for fleet testing by the end of 2023, followed soon after by the market launch.
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MAN Truck & Bus is strengthening its cooperation with surrounding scientific institutions at its Nuremberg site. Together they want to research “fossil-free, future-proof drives” and create synergies between science and industry.
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British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has announced an expansion of its electric bus production. The ADL headquarters in Larbert, Scotland, will build the new Enviro400EV double-decker model from August 2023.
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B-ON is looking back on a successful first year, having produced and delivered 2,447 electric commercial vehicles last year and raised 150 million dollars in capital. That is the equivalent of about 137 million euros.
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Quantron AG and Norwegian Hydrogen, a producer of green hydrogen and operator of hydrogen refuelling stations, have agreed on a five-year strategic collaboration to introduce hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks in Scandinavia.
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Swedish electric truck start-up Volta Trucks is receiving funding of 24.6 million euros from the German Federal Ministry of Transport to subsidize vehicle costs for 151 units of its Volta Zero. Volta Trucks plans to deliver the first of the funded electric trucks to customers before the end of 2023.
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UK-based engineering firm Magtec has secured GB Small Series Approval for its 7.5-tonne electric truck the MEV75. The truck is designed for last-mile logistics, waste collection and refrigerated deliveries.
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The Swedish industrial group Sandvik has received a major order from the Canadian mining company Torex Gold Resources to supply a fleet of mining machines for the Media Luna project in Mexico, including 15 battery-electric vehicles.
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The German automotive supplier Schaeffler is now supplying its first customers with its in-wheel electric drive. Schaeffler will start series production of its electric wheel hub motors for three customers manufacturing compact municipal vehicles in the coming months.
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Bowlus wants to become the first fully electric RV company in the world. The American company launched the all-electric Bowlus Volterra last year, claiming it such a success that it now wants to electrify its entire lineup.
Read moreWhile many certainly wish for spring at this point, winter is an important season for Daimler Truck. To put its eActros 300 electric truck and the recently introduced LongHaul variant through their paces even in icy and cold conditions, the fleet headed some 3,000 kilometres north.
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