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Scania’s digital tools help Axel Johnson expedite its shift to battery-electric transportation
Scania is collaborating with Axel Johnson, one of the largest trade and service companies in the Nordic region, to accelerate the transition to battery-electric and sustainable transport.
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Volta receives €24.6 Million subsidy funding for 151 all-electric vehicles in Germany
Volta Trucks has announced it has been awarded subsidy funding from the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport in Germany.
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Hyzon Motors granted extension by Nasdaq to regain compliance with listing rule
Hyzon Motors, a global supplier of zero-emission heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), has announced that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel has granted its request for continued listing of its securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market until May 15, 2023. This will allow Hyzon to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing ...
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California to require half of all heavy-duty trucks sold in the state to be electric by 2035
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted California’s request for a waiver that would allow the state to require half of all heavy-duty trucks sold in California to be electric by 2035.
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Quantron and Norwegian Hydrogen partner to promote hydrogen-powered trucks in the Nordics
Quantron AG has announced a strategic collaboration with Norwegian Hydrogen AS, a producer of green hydrogen and operator of hydrogen refuelling stations, to promote hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks in the Nordic region.
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Kuehne+Nagel takes 23 Renault electric trucks to meet CO2 reduction targets
Kuehne+Nagel, a global leader in transport and logistics services, has taken a step towards a more sustainable future with the delivery of 23 Renault Trucks electric vehicles. The vehicles will be used for road transport services in France and will help Kuehne+Nagel achieve its science-based targets for carbon neutrality.
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Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing adds 200 battery-electric Freightliner trucks to its fleet
Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing, a division of Velocity Vehicle Group, has announced it will be adding 200 battery-electric trucks to its commercial truck rental and full-service truck leasing business. The company has acquired 125 Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia’s and 75 Class 6 & 7 Freightliner eM2’s from Daimler Truck ...
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Daimler Truck is collaborating with Siemens on the development of an integrated digital engineering platform
Siemens Digital Industries Software and Daimler Truck AG have announced a new collaboration to implement a state-of-the-art digital engineering platform built using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services. The platform will enable Daimler Truck to explore a future of commercial vehicle innovation and the efficient product development and ...
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Quantron expands into the US market with new management team and hydrogen-powered trucks
Quantron is preparing to enter the U.S. market with a new management team. The company has added six new executives to its Quantron USA team, including Matt Pearson as COO, Damaris Meyer as CFO, Richard Ansell as Vice President of Marketing/PR, Henrique Martins as Vice President of Homologation & Compliance, ...
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The European Investment Bank links with Volta for €40 million venture debt financing
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced it is in negotiations with Volta trucks for a €40 million venture debt financing to support the growth of the company’s Truck as a Service (TaaS) infrastructure over the next four years. The funding will enable Volta Trucks to roll out its TaaS ...
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Renault Trucks establishes a CampX collaboration plant in Lyon
Renault Trucks has inaugurated CampX, a new facility dedicated to innovation and collaboration at its Lyon site. The facility is part of the CampX by Volvo Group concept, which already exists in Sweden, India, and the USA, and is now being implemented in France. The mission of CampX is ...
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Volvo Trucks and Boliden are working together to deploy underground electric vehicles for mining
Volvo Trucks has teamed up with Swedish mining group Boliden to launch battery-electric trucks for heavy underground transport. Boliden is set to become one of the first companies worldwide to use battery-electric trucks in its mining operations. The trucks will offer several advantages, including no exhaust emissions, a safer workplace, ...
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Nikola to complete battery manufacturing move from California to Arizona
Nikola Corporation has announced that the transition of battery manufacturing from Cypress, California, to its Coolidge, Arizona facility is expected to be complete by April 2023, several months ahead of the original schedule. This move supports Nikola’s commitment to bring its truck assembly, fuel cell power module assembly, and battery ...
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Mitchells of Mansfield plugs in to green deliveries with electric Renault D truck
As orginally reported by our sister publication Motor Transport, Mitchells of Mansfield has taken delivery of its first fully electric HGV after pledging to reduce its carbon footprint and forging a partnership with climate action organisation Ecologi.
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Martin Hofmann to join Volta Trucks as Chief Technology and Information Officer
Dr. Martin Hofmann has been appointed as the Chief Technology and Information Officer of Volta trucks. Hofmann is a highly experienced executive who previously held the position of Senior Vice President at Salesforce and Group Chief Information Officer at the Volkswagen Group. While leading the Volkswagen Group, he oversaw the ...
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Macfarlane Packaging boosts fleet with five new electric trucks
As orginally reported by our sister publication Motor Transport, Macfarlane Packaging has added five new electric vehicles (EVs) to its commercial delivery fleet as part of the group’s wider investment in its carbon reduction strategy.
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HGVzero23: Logistics giants re-group to promote transition to cleaner fuels
As orginally reported by our sister publication Motor Transport, big names such as Stobart, XPO and Coca-Cola are once again teaming up to launch a cross-industry action group focusing on the decarbonisation of trucks: HGVzero23.
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The EU project EMPOWER has begun with the development of two zero emissions trucks
EMPOWER, a European research project, was recently launched. The AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology) will conduct research in a world-class collaboration over the next three years to produce two flexible, modular, and scalable emission-free heavy-duty vehicles weighing 40 tonnes or more. Both trucks are powered by an electric motor. Although ...
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Volvo Trucks delivers its first heavy electric truck, the FE electric, to Africa
Volvo Trucks has delivered its first heavy electric truck to the refuse collection company Arma in Morocco, making it the first heavy battery-electric truck from a global manufacturer to be in commercial operation in Africa.
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Rivian negotiates with Amazon to lift exclusivity clause amid lower-than-expected orders
Rivian, the electric vehicle (EV) maker, is reportedly in talks with Amazon to lift the exclusivity clause in their agreement. The clause, which dates back to 2019, grants Amazon the exclusive right to purchase Rivian’s electric delivery vans until 2030. However, due to lower-than-expected orders, Rivian is seeking to sell ...