All Projects & Development articles – Page 18
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MT ArticleVolvo LNG trucks assists Arla Foods in reducing carbon emissions
Arla Foods has taken delivery of seven new Volvo FM LNG 6x2 tractor units to assist the company’s decarbonisation plans.
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MT ArticleVolta appoints former Volvo Trucks boss to its board
Volta Trucks has added another commercial vehicle industry heavyweight to its board of directors with the appointment of former Volvo Trucks President Claes Nilsson
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MT Article“We offer substantially greater benefits to hauliers than other accredited TfL schemes,” argues FORS director
As orginally published in our sister publication Motor Transport, the Earned Recognition and Mission Zero accreditations for TfL contracts are not comparable to the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS), despite TfL recently recognising them as equivalent, according to FORS concession director Ian Henderson. Henderson made the comparison this week in ...
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MT ArticleDenmark’s first 100% electric crane truck for rubbish collection enters service
The first completely electric Scania 25L with a combined crane and compactor structure for rubbish collection in Denmark is now in service on Copenhagen’s streets, operated by global waste management business Urbaser. The crane truck’s primary components - chassis, crane, and garbage compactor - are all electrically driven, and the ...
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MT ArticleVolvo invests in autonomous truck developer Waabi
Volvo Group Venture Capital AB invests in Waabi Innovation Inc, a Canadian business creating the next generation of autonomous transportation technology. The investment demonstrates the firms’ shared commitment to reimagining how we move products and accelerating the adoption of future transportation technologies.
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MT ArticleNikola Corporation moves battery manufacturing to Arizona
Nikola Corporation has stated that it would relocate its battery manufacturing from Cypress, California to Coolidge, Arizona. The relocation, which is expected to be completed in early Q3, consolidates Nikola’s truck assembly, fuel cell power module assembly, and battery module and pack manufacturing under one roof, and incorporates battery line ...
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MT ArticleLunaz announces its UK factory is now open and fully operational
Lunaz Applied Technologies has announced its upcycling campus in Northamptonshire’s Silverstone Technology Cluster is now fully operational after a substantial expansion. The facility, the world’s first of its sort, currently covers 18,500sq-m, roughly four times its initial size when it launched in 2018. The company has also generated 300 additional ...
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MT ArticleAllison Transmission and Nikola collaborate to drive next-generation vehicle development
Allison Transmission has collaborated with Nikola Corporation, a global leader in zero-emissions transportation, energy supply, and infrastructure solutions, to test its Class 8 battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle
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MT ArticleXPO speeds up its transition to sustainable fleet in France with investment in 100 electric Renault trucks
To date, XPO has finalised orders for 65 electric vehicles, with all 100 trucks expected to be delivered by the end of 2024. XPO’s investment comes after the business began testing the all-electric Renault Trucks E-Tech D 16-tonne truck in Lyon and Paris in October 2021. The 16- and 19-tonne ...
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MT ArticleUN report says measures to close ozone layer hole, gives decarbonisation efforts fresh impetus
According to an encouraging UN-backed report, the ozone layer is on pace to regenerate within four decades, with the worldwide phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals already benefiting climate change mitigation efforts.
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MT ArticleTevex Logistics has signed a letter of intent to purchase approximately 50 Mercedes eActros LongHaul electric trucks
Tevex Logistics, the Tönnies Group’s logistics division, plans to deploy the Mercedes eActros LongHaul battery-powered long-distance truck for food distribution in the future. Stina Fagerman, Head of Marketing, Sales, and Services at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, as well as Clemens Tönnies, Managing Partner of the Tönnies Group, and Dirk Mutlak, Managing Director ...
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MT ArticleTevva announces production scale-up after receiving whole vehicle type approval
Tevva has confirmed it has been granted whole vehicle type approval for its 7.5-tonne battery electric truck, securing production conformity to enable its vehicles to be produced and sold in the UK and Europe. The approval is a significant regulartory milestone in the development and commercialisation of all vehicles, including ...
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MT ArticleXPO and Lakeland collaborate to deliver record distribution, sustainability and efficiency results
As orginally published in our sister publication Motor Transport, XPO’s distribution partnership with retailer Lakeland has delivered record results in the first six months of 2022, following a review which saw the introduction of a hybrid distribution solution and shared capacity. Under the partnership the logistics giant distributes stock to ...
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MT ArticleHyzon Motors, Chevron & Raven SR unite on Hydrogen Production in N. California
Hyzon Motors Inc., Raven SR Inc., a renewable fuels company, and Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., have announced a collaboration to commercialise operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond that will supply hydrogen fuel to Northern California transportation markets. Raven SR S1 LLC, a ...
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MT ArticleCampeys of Selby adds six Iveco S-Way bio-CNG trucks to fleet
As orginally reported in out sister publication Motor Transport, North Yorkshire haulier Campeys of Selby has boosted its non-fossil fuel fleet to over 10% with the addition of six new Iveco S-WAY 6x2 biomethane (bio-CNG) tractor units. The new additions take Campeys’ non-fossil fuel fleet to 12 vehicles, and are ...
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MT ArticleThe Volvo Group and Pilot Company collaborate to build charging network in North America
The Volvo Group and Pilot Co. have signed a letter of Intent to establish a nationwide public charging network to assist the expansion of battery-electric Volvo VNR Electric trucks.
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MT ArticleThe first of GP Joules 5,000 hydrogen trucks to hit German roads this year
Renewable energy specialist, GP Joule, based in Germany’s northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein, has revealed plans to deploy 5,000 hydrogen trucks around the country, with the first vehicles hitting the road mid year. GP Joule intends to finish rolling out all 5,000 vehicles, supplied by start-up carbon zero truck produced Clean ...
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MT ArticleYutong and EACON have begun delivering an all-electric, autonomous mining truck fleet in Shandong, China
Shandong Honghe Baili Mining are to receive 40 electric autonomous wide body mining trucks, with deliveries already being under way.
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MT ArticleMengxi Zhenghe Group takes 100 hydrogen-powered trucks from XCMG
As part of a 1000-unit truck order for hydrigen fuel-cell vehicles with Sino-Synergy Hydrogen Energy Technology (“Sino-Synergy”), XCMG, one of the world’s top three construction machinery manufacturers, has delivered a batch of 100 hydrogen-fuelled trucks to the end client Mengxi Zhenghe Group for the construction of a mine near Ordos ...
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MT ArticleTerberg's hydrogen-powered shunter truck to be trialled at Immingham Port
Immingham Port is the first port in the UK to start trialling a hydrogen fuel cell shunter truck. The pilot study, part of a government programme, is using a Terberg fuel cell electric vehicle, the YT203-H2, developed through a collaboration between Terberg and Dutch fuel cell specialists Zepp.Solutions. The vehicle ...