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Volvo Group Australia is on track to begin building electric trucks at its Wacol, Queensland plant by 2027.

The announcement was made by Volvo Group Australia President and CEO, Martin Merrick during a visit by members of the Swedish royal family to Australia in late-February.

The Australian National University in Canberra hosted the Electrification in Sweden and Australia panel discussion event, which was opened by Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden as part of a royal tour of Australia and New Zealand. 

The Crown Princess took the opportunity to address climate change and the drive towards a more sustainable future while the dis...

The upcoming MAN eTruck is still a year away from going into series production but there is already high demand for the battery electric model.

Among the early customers is German international logistics company DB Schenker, which plans to add 100 new MAN eTrucks to its fleet by 2026. The first vehicles will be delivered in the first half of 2024. 

“The demand in the market for this fully electric vehicle is already enormous,” says Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus.

“The topic is now really picking up speed, also because more and more of our customers are setting themselves extremely ambitious decarbonisation targets.

“This has a dir...

Supply chain delays have slowed the project, but New Zealand’s largest hydrogen fuel cell electric truck initiative now looks set to hit the road from the third quarter of this year.

Hydrogen transport initiatives have made more local headlines recently with the launch of a new zero-emission aviation consortium between six partners - international aerospace leader Airbus, global green energy company Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), Air New Zealand, next generation energy company Hiringa Energy, liquid hydrogen solution pioneers Fabrum, and Christchurch Airport.

The consortium is developing a 400-hectare renewable energy precinct called Kōwhai Park near Chri...

Electrifying long-haul trucking across the United States would require more than 10% of the electricity generated in the country today and require massive infrastructure investment.

Research by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has assessed the infrastructure requirements for converting the U.S. fleet to battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee, focused on U.S. electricity supply and demand, electric vehicle production and charging requirements. The study found that full electrification of the vehicle fleet would require a large percentage of present U.S. electricity generation.

Electrification of domestic...

Daimler Truck Group is reporting global sales growth across all segments despite bottlenecks in the supply of components during 2022.

Group sales of trucks and buses in 2022 increased significantly by 14.2% to 520,291 vehicles, up from 455,445 units in 2021.

Daimler Truck divides its operation into four segments – Trucks North America, Mercedes-Benz, Trucks Asia and Daimler Buses.

The Trucks North America segment increased its unit sales by 15.2% to 186,779 units, driven by a high product demand. The segment Mercedes-Benz also recorded a strong growth in unit sales to 166,369 units (+17.7%).

Trucks Asia increased its unit sales by 8.8% compared to...