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Uk Government Selects Leyland Trucks For Electric Truck Trial

Leyland Trucks is to participate in a project designed to help UK operators make the transition to battery electric trucks. A total of 20 DAF LF Electric 19-tonne rigids together with the required charging infrastructure will be fitted with data logging equipment and used to support the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) efforts to encourage the use of battery electric vehicles in commercial transport. An interactive website will infor...

Isuzu And Hino Agree On Oem Supply Of Isuzu Light Duty Diesel Trucks For North America

Isuzu Motors Limited (headquartered in Shinagawa-ku Tokyo; Masanori Katayama President and Representative Director; hereinafter Isuzu) announces that it has agreed with Hino Motors Ltd. (headquartered in Hino-shi Tokyo; Satoshi Ogiso President and Representative Director; hereinafter Hino) on OEM supply of the Isuzu N-series light-duty diesel trucks (sold as "ELF" in Japan) for the North American market. This OEM agreement has been concluded betwe...

Trials Of The Mercedes Benz E Econic For Fully Electric Operation In Municipal Use Are In Full Swing

The tests are focusing on the safety performance and durability of the vehicle Refuse collection operations are an ideal application: The range of the 27-ton vehicle covers the vast majority of the typical vehicle refuse collection routes without charging en route The eEconic benefits from Daimler Trucks’ global platform strategy — the vehicle architecture is based on the eActros The next step is customer testing in real-life operation Series prod...

Faw Trucks Expands Popular 8.140 Fl Offering With The Addition Of An Automatic Transmission

.FL now available with a six-speed automatic gearbox Addition to transmission offering bolsters performance and fuel efficiency New model represents all the key attributes of the FAW Trucks brand FAW Trucks prides itself on paying attention to what its customers require. It is in response to a strong demand for a value-for-money automatic offering in the medium-weight segment of the commercial vehicle market that it is introducing the 8.140FL-AT. ...

Middle East's First Autonomous Port Truck System

CSP Abu Dhabi container terminal has become the first facility to implement an autonomous port truck system at Khalifa Port. Six Electric Qomolo Q-Trucks Commissioned to Support Terminal’s Container Handling Operations CSP Abu Dhabi container terminal the first greenfield project of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CSP) operating within Abu Dhabi Ports’ flagship deep-water port Khalifa Port has announced its terminal will be the first in the Middle E...