Nortvolt has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden, the company itself reports. Northvolt produced batteries for electric vehicles from Volvo, Scania and BMW. With the disappearance of Northvolt, the idea of getting its own battery production off the ground in Europe seems to have failed. Batteries mainly come from China and South Korea, which means that…… Continue Reading
Iveco and Ford Trucks have signed an agreement for the development of a new cab for both brands. The new cab has to comply to the new safety, aerodynamics and direct vision regulations that become manditory in Europe in 2029. Both company’s will produce the cab in their own factory’s with a final exterior design…… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz is introducting the eArocs during the Bauma exhibition in Munich in april. The eArocs is an electric construction vehicle with a reach of 350-400 km. The truck that is going to be presented is an 8×4 tipper chassis with enough ground clearance for offroad jobs. Therefore the batteries are higher up in the frame.…… Continue Reading
The European truckbrands left the Russian Market and they left empty production facilities in the St. Petersburg area. The former Scania and MAN plant is now the base of a new Russian truckbrand, named BAZ. The new, modern looking BAZ trucks will hit the market this summer (2025) with a 6×6 model that could be…… Continue Reading
Chinese company Weichai Power has developed a 750 Hp |Natural Gas truck engine. The WP16NG-4.0 engine is a 15,7 liter six-cilinder engine with a max torque of 3400 nm. Natural Gas and LNG are popular in China at the moment. The type of this engine says NG, which means Natural Gas but we think it…… Continue Reading
Cummins is developing a hydrogen internal combustion version of the X15 engine. The 15 liter six- cilinder engine has the same base as the diesel engine, with a hydrogen injection system. Cummins is using the Holset turbo with variable geometry. The engine is tested in a Peterbilt truck in the USA. Further details are not…… Continue Reading
This is the new Scania Longline, and it comes in two different versions: 88 cm or 110 cm streched. We did not get any official information but insiders from Laxå published these photo’s on social media. Laxå is a company that builds special cab conversions for Scania like crewcabs for fire fighting. The Laxå company…… Continue Reading
The new Mercedes-Benz Procab that is introduced for the Actros L and the eActros 600 is quite a game changer where it comes to design. We all know now how it looks, but before it was launched somewhere in the proces these design studies were made. It is like in the passenger car world, designs…… Continue Reading
German company Keyou is developing a 40 ton tractor unit with a hydrogen internal combustion engine. The truck is based on the Actros and the engine is the OM471 six-cilinder from Mercedes. The truck has 470 Hp and is good for max 650 kilometer. More here!… Continue Reading
Now this is how fast things can go on Iepieleaks.nl. Yesterday I wondered when Scania is coming with a new, streamline nose that makes the XXL cab legal and today I got like a little sign. Dutch truckdriver Martijn R Breekveldt spotted this lowbed in The Netherlands with a crashtest truck as cargo. The photo’s…… Continue Reading
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