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Recovery and the push to sustainability. Scania celebrates a good first half of 2021

«Scania has managed to avoid unplanned production stoppages also during the second quarter, despite a very strained situation with a shortage of components in the supply chain. Unfortunately, we do not expect the shortage of semiconductors to end in the short term but it is something we have to cont…

ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions, Wilhelm Rehm will lead the new division from January 1, 2022

The goal of the brand-new division is to support the ambitions and projects of «truck, bus, coach and trailer OEMs, as well as fleets, world-wide», as declared by Wilhelm Rehm.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, the first half of 2021 shows significant recovery with 87 million euro operating profit

Deliveries to customers rose to 205,000 vehicles and turnover climbed to 5.3 billion euro. In the first half of 2020, hugely affected by the pandemic, the turnover was only 1.1 billion euro. Talking about electrification, in July Volkswagen teamed up with Enel-X in Italy.

The weight of powertrain on total cost of electric commercial vehicles. What can we learn from the Chinese scenario?

When dealing with electric commercial vehicles, the cost of powertrain components accounts for up to 80 percent of total vehicle cost. This is maybe the main outcome of Maya Xiao’s research on the Chinese automotive sector. We made her some questions.

One million commercial vehicles sold in Europe in the first half of 2021. Yearly increase by 37%

In June 2021, commercial vehicle registrations in the EU markets increased by 12.4% year-on-year. In May, as we wrote here, new registrations had increased by 51.3% to 165,363 units, more than 30,000 below pre-pandemic volume levels. All vehicle segments made a positive contribution to last month’s …

There’s room for BEVs and alternative fuels in the global truck market in the next decade. An analysis by KGP

The drivers for zero emission vehicle (ZEV) are starting to converge, even in heavy-duty truck segments, with OEMs providing various model options, governments implementing supportive policies and now infrastructure investment starting to gain traction. In the EU, KGP estimates around 30% of urban m…

Drive Electro to present Russia’s first medium-duty e-truck based on Isuzu ELF chassis

The e-truck, which is currently in its certification stage, will be a medium-duty delivery truck for retailers and other transport companies with a fully loaded weight of 9 tons.

Two more Lion Electric utility e-trucks soon at work in the East Coast

A Lion8 bucket truck for line crews and a Lion6 stake body truck for electrical maintenance field crews will be added to Green Mountain Power's fleet supposedly from the first half of 2022.

FUSO eCanter, more than 250 all-electric trucks delivered in four continents

Since the beginning of small series production in 2017, more than 250 FUSO eCanter all-electric trucks have been delivered, with quite promising figures in view of the near future. The e-trucks produced by Daimler Truck subsidiary are currently at work in Europe, Japan, the United States and New Zea…

Seven more refuse collection trucks to be equipped with Proton Motor hydrogen fuel cell systems

The German producer of hydrogen fuel cell and electric hybrid systems Proton Motor has received a significant order from hydrogen-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer E-Trucks Europe. Seven additional HyRange fuel cell systems have been ordered to equip some new refuse collection trucks.

e-troFit: fuel cell vehicles ready by 2024. New Hydrogen PM appointed

To the extent of increasing the activities in the fuel cell segment, Dominic Patzelt has been appointed new hydrogen project manager at e-troFit GmbH, specializing in innovative solutions for the electrification of used and new commercial vehicles.

Hydrogen fuel cell trucks, Cummins and Air Products sign MoU

Within the framework of the cooperation, Cummins will provide hydrogen fuel cell electric powertrains integrated into selected OEM partners’ heavy-duty trucks for Air Products, as Air Products begins the process of converting its global fleet of distribution vehicles.

Hyzon Motors developed innovative hydrogen storage system planned to be produced in the US

The system has the potential to reduce the overall weight of the system by 43 percent, storage system costs by 52 percent and the required manufacturing component count by 75 percent, based on a single-rack system with capacity to store five hydrogen cylinders.

Seven more refuse collection trucks to be equipped with Proton Motor hydrogen fuel cell systems

The German producer of hydrogen fuel cell and electric hybrid systems Proton Motor has received a significant order from hydrogen-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer E-Trucks Europe. Seven additional HyRange fuel cell systems have been ordered to equip some new refuse collection trucks.

SAF-Holland electric trailer axles undergo (successful) on-road testing

The test vehicles are supporting the progress of the electric axles towards production maturity. «The test results are supplying us with important information regarding the use and application profile of SAF TRAKe and SAF TRAKr», explained Olaf Drewes, Director Group Innovation EMEA at SAF-HOLLAND….

SVOLT starts producing cobalt-free battery cells in China

The new technology allows SVOLT to significantly improve the life cycle as well as the calendar life of the NMX cells compared to conventional NCM battery cells. Indeed, this type of batteries can achieve more than 2,500 charging cycles.