MAN Truck & Bus has announced the start of production of heavy electric trucks in Munich for the beginning of 2024 – almost a year earlier than planned. The delivery of an initial 200 units is to follow promptly. MAN also presented a near-production prototype of the new electric truck for the first time.
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Quantron has unveiled its first all-electric city bus, the Cizaris 12 EV. The vehicle is also the first in the company’s new design. Designed for urban transport, the Cizaris is equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries from CATL and a central synchronous motor from Dana.
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US commercial vehicle manufacturer Mack Trucks has launched a new Vehicle-as-a-Service (VaaS) program. Essentially an all-inclusive leasing scheme, the company hopes to help customers manage expenses associated with acquiring the Mack LR Electric truck and integrate it into existing warranties.
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Mercedes-Benz Vans is conducting winter tests under extreme climatic conditions with the next generation of the eSprinter near the Arctic Circle. The focus lies with reliability in freezing conditions.
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The Danish concrete manufacturer Unicon has ordered eleven Volvo FM Electric trucks from Volvo Trucks, which will be converted into concrete mixers and used in Denmark. In the future, the two companies aim to develop customised electric truck solutions for the concrete industry.
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ABB has received orders worth around €70 million from Stadler for traction technologies and battery systems for commuter trains. The orders also include traction equipment for new locomotives sold by Stadler in Spain.
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Ford has started deliveries of the E-Transit in the USA. Orders for 10,000 units of the E-Transit, which is built at the Kansas City plant, have already been received from 300 customers in the USA.
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Danfoss Editron has begun the mass production of its EM-PMI240-T180 electric drive system at its Nanjing factory, located in China’s Jiangsu province. The EM-PMI240-T180 motor is specifically designed for electric or hybrid drivetrains in mobile work machines, buses and marine vessels.
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Australia-based Avass Group has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to jointly manufacture electric vehicles and lithium batteries. The agreement bolsters Avass Group’s plans to mass manufacture all-electric buses and lithium batteries in Saudi Arabia.
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Lightning eMotors becomes General Motors’ first Specialty Vehicle Manufacturer (SVM). The two companies have agreed to cooperate to offer all-electric commercial vehicles in classes 3 to 6 in the future. Under the agreement, Lightning eMotors will electrify common platforms for GM’s medium-duty commercial vehicles.
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Three weeks after the takeover of StreetScooter Engineering GmbH, Odin Automotive has now announced the official start of production of the first StreetScooter vehicles under the new management. They will be manufactured on the existing production line in Düren and delivered to the former owner Deutsche Post DHL Group.
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Union Pacific Railroad intends to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations. The company expects the deal to exceed $100 million, representing the largest investment in battery-electric technology in the US. The partners are no stranger to the business either.
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BYD has presented another electric school bus with bidirectional charging in the USA. The new ‘Type A’ is significantly smaller than the ‘Type D’ the company introduced last year.
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BAM Infra Nederland has commissioned Wirtgen and New Electric to convert an asphalt spreading machine into a fully-electric asphalt paver. The use of this machine is to save more than 93,000 kilograms of CO₂ and 115,000 grams of nitrogen oxide emissions.
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Nikola and Corcentric Fleet Funding Solutions, have signed an agreement to facilitate sales of Class 8 Nikola Tre BEVs and FCEVs. Corcentric will purchase vehicles and related assets directly from Nikola to offer Nikola customers a bundled lease.
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Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group is acquiring Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), the engineering and battery company founded by Formula One team Williams, for £164 million. Fortescue wants to use Williams’ battery technology in goods trains and trucks, among other things.
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The London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has developed a new partnership with Europcar in the UK, supplying a fleet of 100 electrified vans. The LEVC VN5 is now available in eleven cities with Europcar Vans & Trucks rental stores.
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French manufacturer Alstom and Deutsche Bahn are now taking passengers onboard Alstom’s first fully approved electric train since this weekend in Baden-Württemberg. Further testing will start in Bavaria on 5 February and run throughout early May on all routes.
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Parallel Systems, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers to reimagine the railroad system, has raised $49.55 million in Series A funds to build autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles that move freight.
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SAIC Hongyan, a heavy-duty truck subsidiary of SAIC Motor, has commissioned a fuel cell truck production facility in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, and manufactured the first vehicles. The plant is designed for a production capacity of 3,000 trucks per year.
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The US electric car start-up Bollinger Motors has put the development of its first B1 and B2 models on hold. Instead, the company wants to focus on commercial vehicles and fleets.
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Doosan Bobcat has unveiled its new, all-electric Bobcat T7X compact track loader at the CES. Additionally, Doosan Bobcat has announced a strategic partnership with South Carolina-based Sunbelt Rentals.
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Local Motors, the maker of the autonomous electric shuttle Olli, will cease operations on Friday, according to several posts on LinkedIn by various employees. The company has not yet made an official announcement. The reason for the presumed shutdown of Local Motors is said to be a lack of capital.
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Volvo Trucks North America has unveiled the next generation of its VNR Electric all-electric heavy-duty truck with longer range and shorter charging times. Production of the upgraded model is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2022. Orders are available now.
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US start-up Nuro has unveiled the third generation of its self-driving electric vehicle, which the company says is now ready for series production. Nuro is cooperating with BYD North America to produce the electric delivery vehicles.
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GreenPower Motor, a North American manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles, has acquired a production facility in South Charleston in the US state of West Virginia. GreenPower plans to manufacture electric school buses there from the second half of 2022.
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The Covenant Logistics Group, based in Chattanooga in the US state of Tennessee, wants to procure ten battery-electric examples as well as 40 vehicles of the fuel cell variant of the Nikola Tre truck model. So far, this is a letter of intent subject to successful test deployment.
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Switch Mobility has announced the construction of a production facility for electric vehicles in the Spanish province of Valladolid. The British subsidiary of the Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland plans to invest around 100 million euros in its first site in continental Europe over the next ten years. Construction is scheduled to start on […]
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The Californian company Udelv presented an electric self-driving van without a driver’s cab at the CES. The autonomous van is not only designed for urban deliveries but also motorway speeds.
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Indigo Technologies has debuted at CES by presenting a van-like electric car in two versions. The Indigo Flow is designed for ridesharing, while the Indigo Flow Plus serves as a delivery van. Executives from Audi and Porsche are on board as well.
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