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Mercedes eActros 600: first customer deliveries in Chile

The first Mercedes-Benz eActros 600, recently awarded Sustainable Truck of the Year in the E-Truck category, in the South American country went to Empresas Cavalieri. The transport company will operate the truck along the Santiago–Viña del Mar route in the Valparaíso region for beverage transportati…

Hydrogen, over 20 million km in Europe for the Hyundai XCIENT truck

The result was made possible over five years with thanks to 165 trucks in operation across Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Austria. First launched in Switzerland in October 2020, XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks initially reached 10 million kilometers of cumulative driving distance in the c…

Einride appoints former NVIDIA executive to the Board of Directors

The appointment of Gary Hicok, a former NVIDIA senior executive with more than 25 years of leadership and autonomous technology experience, "underscores Einride's extensive technical expertise and leadership within autonomous freight and its distinctive go-to-market strategy", stated the tech compan…
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Mercedes eActros 600: first customer deliveries in Chile

The first Mercedes-Benz eActros 600, recently awarded Sustainable Truck of the Year in the E-Truck category, in the South American country went to Empresas Cavalieri. The transport company will operate the truck along the Santiago–Viña del Mar route in the Valparaíso region for beverage transportati…

German company Contargo puts 33 DAF XD Electric into operation

Back in time, in 2019, Contargo was one of the first German transport companies to put two fully electric DAF CF trucks into operation, and subsequently expanded this number. Now, Contargo operates a fleet of nearly 100 fully electric trucks. Additionally, all vehicles delivered to Contargo have a S…

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Xos launches electric Class 6 chassis in North America

The vehicle a starting price of $99,000. "Our customers see it in the reliability of our vehicles, the sophistication of our telematics, and the strength of our manufacturing. At a $99,000 starting price, we're making commercial electrification accessible at scale", said Dakota Semler, CEO of Xos.

Hyundai launches the new Staria electric van as a people mover

The two possible configuration of the electric Staria are the 7-seater, for private, family and leisure use, or the 9-seater for larger families, group travel or shuttle operation. As already mentioned, the new Hyundai STARIA Electric is equipped with an 84-kWh battery and a 160-kW electric motor dr…

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Einride appoints former NVIDIA executive to the Board of Directors

The appointment of Gary Hicok, a former NVIDIA senior executive with more than 25 years of leadership and autonomous technology experience, "underscores Einride's extensive technical expertise and leadership within autonomous freight and its distinctive go-to-market strategy", stated the tech compan…
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The ACC joint venture withdraws gigafactory projects in Italy and Germany

The news was in the air, and has now been made official by partners Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz, and TotalEnergies. Italian trade unions have expressed disappointment and concern about the employment implications of ACC's decision. “The only way to safeguard the Termoli plant is therefore the immediat…
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Hydrogen, over 20 million km in Europe for the Hyundai XCIENT truck

The result was made possible over five years with thanks to 165 trucks in operation across Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Austria. First launched in Switzerland in October 2020, XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks initially reached 10 million kilometers of cumulative driving distance in the c…

There’s a new hydrogen refuelling station in Lübeck, Germany

The station, designed by Hypion, has a daily capacity of up to 2,000 kg of hydrogen and can potentially refuel up to 50 trucks per day. In addition, the new hydrogen station will be seamlessly integrated into the existing infrastructure of the MB Energy group’s commercial road transport unit. The pr…

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Schaeffler wants to recycle electric axle components

The goal for the German group is to develop an industrial, automated, scalable, and non-destructive recycling concept for electric axles. Depending on the condition of the electric axle drive components, the electric axle drive can be dismantled only into its main units (typically: motor, inverter, …

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Autonomous trucks, TRATON Group and PlusAI enhance cooperation

Under an expanded agreement, TRATON would commit up to $25 million in non-dilutive R&D funding to PlusAI to accelerate factory integration of patented SuperDrive software into autonomous trucks of TRATON’s brands. This expanded partnership will build on the collaboration first announced in 2024, whe…

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