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Electric vans, BYD leads the Italian market thanks to the eTP3 model

In the first 5 months of the current year, in fact, BYD is the market leader by detachment in Italy in the sale of electric vans. The data speak of 687 vans registered, for a market share of just over 24 percent. Needless to say, until last year BYD had not registered a single van in Italy.

Nearly 5,000 Mercedes eSprinter and eVito for Amazon delivery partners

Three quarters of the aforementioned electric vehicles will be eSprinter large vans. These are currently made available by Mercedes in two lengths and with three different battery capacity sizes, offering a range of up to 484 km. The remaining quarter of vehicles will be eVito medium-sized vans, whi…

Xos Trucks partners with Leap to boost grid revenue opportunities for electric fleets

Now, by using Leap’s software-only VPP platform, Xos can enroll its customers in California’s Demand Side Grid Support grid services program. During emergency grid events, participating fleets will automatically shift charging from the grid to their Xos Hub battery-integrating chargers, relieving gr…

E-van maker FLYNT strengthens the cooperation with Miraco Motor, now becoming a strategic investor

This was announced by the company's management via LinkedIn, right after the participation of the 2025 International Automotive & Supply Chain Expo, an important trade fair in Hong Kong. "This dual role strengthens our ability to deliver a breakthrough product built for European needs – from last-mi…

Jameel Motors partners with DHL for end-to-end logistics of Farizon electric vans

DHL provides an end-to-end solution by combining the expertise and capabilities of its Supply Chain and Forwarding divisions. DHL Global Forwarding will manage the customs clearance and management of the vehicles and parts on entry into the UK. All Farizon vehicles coming into Felixstowe will then b…

Farizon SV van to make official debut at the upcoming Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham

Farizon will showcase the largest L3 H3 version for the very first time. The all-new born electric Farizon SV features a host of innovations, including drive-by-wire technology, b-pillarless design and cell-to-pack battery packaging, which combine to deliver market-leading cargo capacity, payload, r…

[Interview] Sasko Cuklev (Volvo): “Why it is worthy investing in autonomous truck development”

"We have to face a lot of challenges incoming with safety-related topics, driver shortage, e-commerce requirements, and so on. The transportation industry needs new solutions. Among the big areas Volvo is focusing on is of course sustainability, but also autonomous driving. We have to create a solut…

Why the State of Sustainable Fleets is a key tool to catch the trends of clean transportation in the U.S.

At ACT Expo 2025, TRC issued the State of Sustainable Fleets 2025, a true landmark to underastand how heavy transport is changing in the United States. We had a great chat with Nate Springer, Vice President of Market Development for TRC, about the philosophy behind the annual report, as well as some…

There’s great potential to make U.S. commercial transportation cleaner. Our interview with Jacob Richard (CALSTART)

As a national nonprofit organization, the major target of CALSTART is building a high-tech clean-transportation industry. Among other key initiatives, CALSTART publishes reports with the aim of updating on the penetration of zero-emission commercial vehicles in the U.S. We started our chat with Jaco…

Northern Italy to rely on five hydrogen refueling stations by the end of 2026

Nearby the city of Milan, on June 30 the first of five distribution plants to be built between Lombardy and Piedmont was inaugurated. The aim is to create an actual network capable of connecting Northern Italy with nearby European stations already present in France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany,…

Toyota Motor Europe is testing hydrogen fuel cell trucks for its own logistics

According to Toyota, the four 40-tonne fuel cell trucks deliver similar performance as diesel trucks, but with zero tailpipe emissions. Each vehicle can travel up to 400 km on a single refuelling under real-world driving conditions. The four hydrogen trucks are equipped with state-of-the-art fuel ce…

Mitsubishi FUSO signs MoU in the field of liquid hydrogen refueling technology

The sLH2 process reduces and simplifies the equipment of the fueling station, thereby reducing investment costs. It also requires significantly less energy which reduces the operational cost of the fueling station. The sLH2 refueling process was originally developed by Daimler Truck and Linde Engine…

Three IVECO S-eWay fuel cell trucks delivered to German player Hylane

The three IVECO S-eWAY Fuel Cells delivered to hylane are part of the small series produced in Ulm, which is now demonstrating the practicality and scalability of hydrogen-powered long-distance transport in real-life operations as part of the H2Haul project. The latter is co-funded by the Clean Hydr…

Hydrogen trucks, Toyota and Sinotruk sign strategic cooperation agreement

Both companies have agreed to collaborate on the R&D of fuel cell systems and the development of the FCEV (fuel cell electric vehicle) market in China, with a particular focus on heavy-duty trucks.

U.S.-based hydrogen player Plug Power risks Nasdaq delisting

U.S.-based hydrogen player Plug Power might be delisted from Nasdaq at the New York stock exchange after share price failed. Plug Power used to share the HYVIA joint venture with Renault. HYVIA had the target to manufacture and sell hydrogen-based commercial vehicles.

Here’s how Thermo King aims to decarbonise the food cold chain

Trane Technologies brand Thermo King designed AxlePower, quite an innovative technology for trailer refrigeration units recovers energy from the vehicle during braking or going downhill, stores it in battery packs and reuses it to power the refrigeration unit, without impacting the truck's fuel cons…

Key powertrain components, Parker to acquire Curtis formerly belonging to the Rehlko Group

Parker Hannifin, a primary company in motion and control technologies, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Curtis Instruments, Inc. from Rehlko, for approximately $1 billion in cash. Curtis designs and manufactures motor speed controllers, instrumentation, power conversion and input device…