Volvo Trucks has received an order for 100 Volvo FM Electric trucks from DFDS, Northern Europe’s largest shipping and logistics company. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks, and one of the largest ever for heavy electric trucks worldwide. “This is a major milestone in our commitment to fossil-free transportation … Read more
Electric truck pioneer Tevva has today unveiled the new Tevva Truck – the first British designed 7.5-tonne electric truck intended for mass production in the UK, and set to go on sale in the Middle East in 2022. The global electric truck market was valued at $1.15 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow … Read more
Renault Trucks has announced another fleet deal for the delivery of ten heavy-duty construction trucks to one of the UAE’s leading concrete suppliers, Oryx Mix, to handle concrete industry requirements across the Northern Emirates. The ten Renault Trucks are additional to the company’s existing fleet of 240 units. The K 440 P8x4 Rigid Chassis models, equipped with 12 CBM transit concrete mixers … Read more
Daimler Trucks and Buses Southern Africa recently handed over an impressive fleet of 90 Mercedes-Benz Actros 2645LS trucks to one of its esteemed customers – Bakers SA Limited. This sizeable purchase adds to Bakers’ current mega fleet of nearly 650 vehicles, which remarkably comprises 100% Mercedes-Benz Truck products. For four decades, Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Bakers … Read more
A Maersk Company, a warehousing and distribution company, has placed an order for 16 Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 trucks—the largest commercial order of the North American zero-tailpipe emission model to date. The VNR Electric model from Volvo Trucks North America is the first zero-tailpipe emission, battery-electric Class 8 truck in Performance Team’s fleet, which … Read more
Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has announced a new investment in a leading company in the field of measurable safety for driver assistance and autonomous vehicles. Foretellix Ltd was founded in 2018 by a team of verification and validation pioneers whose mission is to make automated driving systems safe and efficient. One of the main … Read more
The readers of the specialist magazine “Off Road” voted the Unimog “Off-Road Vehicle of the Year” with 54.9 percent of the votes – that’s even a few more than last year. Thus the “Universal-Motorgerät” won first place in the special vehicles category for the 17th time in a row. The extreme off-road Unimog is highly … Read more
SEAT S.A. and SETRAM are at the forefront of sustainable road logistics and have launched the first megatruck for vehicle transport in Spain. Until now, SEAT S.A. has only been using this type of truck for transporting parts, but from now on it will also transport cars manufactured at SEAT Martorell to the Port of … Read more
The three leading commercial vehicle manufacturers Daimler Truck, the TRATON GROUP and Volvo Group have signed a non-binding agreement to install and operate a high-performance public charging network for battery electric heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe. The joint aim is to initiate and accelerate the build-up of charging infrastructure to enhance customer confidence … Read more
On 30 June 2021 Mercedes-Benz Trucks celebrates the world premiere of its battery-electric eActros for heavy-duty distribution haulage. Mercedes-Benz Trucks is heralding a new era with the launch of the first electric series-production truck with a star. “We have to acknowledge that transport is a part of the problem when it comes to climate change. … Read more