Solar electric car start-up Sono Motors has agreed with MAN Truck & Bus to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of integrating its solar technology on MAN’s eTGE electric van.
Weiterlesen
The US manufacturer Workhorse will use CATL batteries for its electric delivery vehicles in future. Workhorse now signed an agreement to this effect with Coulomb Solutions, the North American distributor of commercial vehicle battery systems from the Chinese manufacturer.
Weiterlesen
The US government wants to provide 73 billion dollars to electrify public transit buses, delivery trucks and other vehicles in the country. In total, the ‘Clean Transit For America Plan’ calls for replacing more than 155,000 commercial vehicles, from buses to vans.
Weiterlesen
Ballard Power Systems and Canadian automotive supplier Linamar Corporation have agreed to a strategic alliance to develop and sell fuel cell powertrains and components for light-duty vehicles. Their chosen markets will be in North America and Europe.
Weiterlesen
Following the announcement of real-world trials in Europe, Ford now details its E-Transit strategy in the US. The company released updated pricing for the electric van range alongside a website for customers to register their interest in going electric.
Weiterlesen
Ford is preparing European trials with its incoming e-Transit van. The now electrified classic will enter real-world operations at clients in the UK, Norway, and Germany by late summer this year. Ford scheduled further testing in the US as well.
Weiterlesen
Voltia has received an order from DPD in Slovakia for 30 Nissan e-NV200 XL in the ten cubic metre version. In a new leasing model, the electric transporters are to be cheaper for DPD than diesel vehicles.
Weiterlesen
After a platform for electric cars, Benteler now wants to get into the passenger transport business: The automotive supplier now offers a special platform concept for ‘people movers’, or passenger vans. On request, the supplier will not only provide the platform, but also deliver finished shuttles to the customer.
Weiterlesen
The Israeli start-up Ree Automotive has entered into a development cooperation with Toyota’s commercial vehicle subsidiary Hino Motors. The aim is to develop a new solution for mobility services for the transport of passengers and goods based on Ree’s space-saving electric vehicle platform.
Weiterlesen
Toyota has started the market launch of Proace Electric and Proace Verso Electric in Europe. List prices in Germany start at 41,948 euros for the Proace Electric and 58,530 euros for the Proace Verso Electric. The smaller Proace City Electric is to follow in October this year.
Weiterlesen
Ford has announced it will invest $300 million in the production of a new light commercial vehicle at its Romanian assembly plant in Craiova, with production scheduled to start in 2023. An all-electric version of this commercial vehicle model will debut in 2024.
Weiterlesen
DHL Express has purchased 100 of the first E-Ducato vans for its European fleet as part of a partnership with Fiat Professional. As part of Deutsche Post DHL Group’s recently unveiled sustainability roadmap, DHL Express plans to expand its delivery fleet to 14,000 electric transporters by 2030.
Weiterlesen
Deutsche Post will extend the production of its StreetScooter until at least the end of 2022. The reason for this is the high demand for the electric delivery vehicles within the group. A new variant of the electric delivery van is also planned.
Weiterlesen
After Deutsche Post DHL Group presented its sustainability strategy in March, the Group has now given more details on the plans for its Post & Parcel Germany division. This will include 6,500 more StreetScooter vans, 5,000 e-trikes and expanded charging infrastructure.
Weiterlesen
Micromobility provider Tier Mobility has partnered with Ari Motors and Ono to electrify the fleet for operational use. Tier staff will employ electric transporters from Ari and cargo pedelecs from Ono to exchange the batteries and kick scooters in the fleet.
Weiterlesen
The US manufacturer Hyzon Motors has started production of 15 FC vehicles for delivery to the Dutch city of Groningen. The delivery of the first vehicles is planned for the third quarter of 2021. The remaining vehicles are to follow by the end of the year.
Weiterlesen
The British facility service provider Mitie has ordered 655 Vivaro-e from Vauxhall. The first example of this large order has already been handed over to Mitie and is already the 1,000th electric vehicle in the company’s fleet.
Weiterlesen
Commercial vehicle manufacturers Lightning eMotors and REV Group announce they are co-developing zero-emission, all-electric ambulances with Leader Emergency Vehicles, a REV Group subsidiary.
Weiterlesen
Hyundai Motor has officially presented its new Staria van series, which is to be launched in select markets in the second half of 2021. The Hyundai Staria will initially start with internal combustion engines, with “eco-friendly variants” to follow in the coming years.
Weiterlesen
The Israeli start-up Ree Automotive wants to develop and build light commercial vehicles (LCVs) together with the supplier and contract manufacturer Magna – based on Ree’s technology. A corresponding strategic cooperation agreement has now been signed.
Weiterlesen
Ekoenergetyka is working on a new series of charging stations for electric commercial vehicles that offer power outputs between 750 kW and 1.5 MW. 22 of these new ‘Ultrachargers’ from the Polish charging infrastructure specialist are to be introduced initially at test locations in Germany and Poland by the end of 2023.
Weiterlesen
After Spain’s government recently expanded the budget for its e-mobility subsidy programme Moves II from 100 to 120 million euros, the successor programme Moves III has now been officially presented and came into force today.
Weiterlesen
The German research project ‘Street’ has equipped an electric van with photovoltaic modules. Based on the Streetscooter WORK L by DPDHL, the demonstrator is expected to gain over 5,000 km of range in a year of operation using the extra solar power.
Weiterlesen
The Stellantis Group has announced that three electric transporters from Opel, Peugeot and Citroën will also be offered with a fuel cell system this year, which should enable WLTP ranges of over 400 kilometres. Specifically, these are the Opel Vivaro, Peugeot Expert and Citroën Jumpy.
Weiterlesen
Toyota plans to test a fuel cell-powered emergency vehicle with a Japanese Red Cross hospital. The project will start in the summer of 2021 and is intended to confirm that FC vehicles are operational in the medical and disaster control sectors.
Weiterlesen
Toyota is founding another joint venture for commercial vehicles with fuel cells in China. The new joint venture, in which Toyota and fuel cell specialist SinoHytec each hold a 50 per cent stake, will focus on the production and sale of FC systems.
Weiterlesen
Mercedes-Benz Vans has announced that it will build the next generation of the eSprinter in a total of three plants from 2023, with two of them in Germany. Additionally, the vehicle will then also be based on a new platform.
Weiterlesen
GreenPower Motor has received an order for four wirelessly charged EV Stars electric vans from Grant Transit in the US state of Washington. The four GreenPower EV Stars ordered by Grant Transit are the first to include Momentum Dynamics’ wireless charging system.
Weiterlesen
DHL Express will deploy 98 electric delivery vans from Lightning eMotors in the United States. After a successful pilot program using nine Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD electric vans late last year, the company plans to deploy 89 electric vehicles this year in New York and California.
Weiterlesen
The Japanese manufacturers Toyota, Hino and Isuzu, want to establish a new joint venture on 1 April to promote CASE technologies (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electric) in the commercial vehicle sector.
Weiterlesen