As part of the Empower research project, a six-month test phase with a battery-electric, zero-emission truck prototype from Iveco for heavy commercial vehicles will start in mid-June 2026. In collaboration with Gruber Logistics, the prototype based on the Iveco S-eWay series chassis will be deployed from the company's site in north-eastern Italy.
read more...Together with Mercedes-Benz Trucks and LC3 Trasporti, the Inter IKEA Group is focusing on battery-electric trucks and driving forward the decarbonization of road freight transport in Italy.
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Contargo puts 33 new battery-electric DAF XD Electric trucks into operation and reaches a milestone in the decarbonization of its fleet with now 90 e-trucks.
read more...In 2025, the Alfred Schuon company will integrate 68 new trucks, including trailers and semi-trailers, into its fleet at the Haiterbach and Veszprém (Hungary) sites. Among the new acquisitions: Mercedes-Benz Actros L with aerodynamically optimized ProCabins and two fully electric eActros 600 tractor units.
read more...As part of the EU MODI project, two successful practical tests on the automation of heavy goods traffic were carried out this spring - both in the inner city area of Hamburg and on the highway. The project partners tested two important use cases in May with the involvement of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
read more...The TST Group wants to usher in a new era of truck electrification with a cooperative-oriented depot charging network. TST is building an ecosystem for charging heavy commercial vehicles and delivery fleets that covers all relevant aspects: from digital networking and guaranteed charging prices to standardized billing. The energy supply is to come from 100 percent renewable sources.
read more...Karin Rådström, CEO of Daimler Truck, and Daniela Schmitt, Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate, give the go-ahead for series production of the new model.
read more...Renault Trucks was represented at this year's Transporter Days in Berlin, which took place from November 28 to December 1, 2024.
read more...Since the beginning of June, an e-truck has been transporting goods within a radius of 100 kilometers for Siemens Smart Infrastructure's Leipzig plant for low-voltage switchgear.
read more...Inceptio Technology, developer of autonomous driving technologies for heavy-duty trucks, has recently completed the delivery of 400 autonomous heavy-duty trucks equipped with Inceptio drives to the Chinese express service provider ZTO Express.
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The "Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components" (PEM) chair at RWTH Aachen University has successfully completed the pilot phase of the "DRivE" research project together with partners. In a two-month field trial, software was tested that is intended to enable reliable route planning in the transport sector with regard to ranges and charging points on board trucks with alternative drive systems.
read more...Craiss Generation Logistik is investing in alternative drive systems: the logistics service provider is expanding its fleet with a total of twelve electric Mercedes trucks. In future, two eActros 300s will be on the road for the company in Austria and ten eActros 600s in Germany.
read more...On July 25, Noerpel started the test phase with a hydrogen truck at the Heidenheim site. After two weeks, the Noerpel Group draws a positive interim conclusion about the 18-ton truck in terms of performance and driving characteristics, but remains open to new technologies.
read more...On July 9 and 10, Gruber Logistics successfully transported a zero-emission vehicle cabin from the Iveco plant in Ulm to the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Vienna. The company is also responsible for the six-month operational project phase of two zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle prototypes scheduled for 2026.
read more...The revised VDI 2700 is expected to come into force on September 1 of this year. The guideline deals with load securing for cars and trucks on road vehicles.
read more...Es-Ge Nutzfahrzeuge offers its customers optimized fleet management and rental solutions.
read more...The Paul Group has delivered the first 25 hydrogen fuel cell trucks from series production in Germany. The PH2P has a permissible total weight of 16 tons and offers a gross train weight of up to 24 tons, with a range of around 450 kilometers.
read more...Tönnjes and Kathrein develop the ID e-reader Inroad with integrated RFID technology.
read more...Inceptio Technology, developer of autonomous driving technologies for heavy trucks, is increasingly deploying its autonomous driving solutions for refrigerated logistics service providers in China.
read more...In the fourth quarter of 2023, there was a total of 18% more freight entries than in the previous year. The increase at the end of the year is partly due to the fact that demand rose in particular as a result of seasonal activities such as the Christmas business, restocking and increased consumer activity before the holidays.
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