General Motors receives a stake in start-up company Nikola worth two billiopn dollars. In exchange, Nikola will use GM’s battery-system and fuel cell technology. The system Nikola is going to use to power its newly developed Badger pick-up truck is the Ultium batterysystem. Also Nikola can use the Hydrotec fuel cell of the company. In…… Continue Reading
Volta Trucks has developed a full electric city distribution truck that is going to be tested in several Nordic countries. Companies like Bring and DPD are going to test the electric zero emission trucks in city distribution. The trucks have a radius of about 150 up to 200 km and they have a cab that…… Continue Reading
Nikola scored an order for 2500 electrified truck chassis with an option to increase the order up to 5000 units from Republic Services in Phoenix Arizona. The on road testing of the vehicles is due to start early in 2022 and production will start just after that. The order is not only for the truck…… Continue Reading
Asian-American start-up company Hyzon Motors has closed a deal with Dutch hydrogen truckspecialist Holthausen to realise a new truckplant in The Netherlands to produce Hyzon hydrogen trucks. Holthausen now converts dieseltrucks into hydrogen trucks by using existing chassis and parts. Their capacity is about 50 to 100 trucks. Hyzon Motors, which already operates recently opened…… Continue Reading
Hyundai has shipped the first ten hydrogen driven Xcient trucks to Switzerland. This country will use 1600 hydrogen Hyundai trucks by 2025, the intention is. Before the end of the year, another 40 trucks will be delivered. The Xcient truck was developed by Hyundai as a heavy duty dieseltruck. However, it appeared possible to create…… Continue Reading
US truckmanufacturer Nikola intends to sell the Iveco S-Way based Nikola Tre in the US. At present, production of this electric is being prepared in the former Magirus-premises of Iveco in the German town of Ulm. Nikola CEO Trevor Milton wrote on Twitter that he intends to bring the cabover engine truck ‘back’ to the…… Continue Reading
Volvo Trucks presented new electric trucks this week but by doing that they also revealed the new FM cab. Volvo is expected to present the new FM and FH models next year and the launch should be at the IAA in September. With the new electric trucks the new cab design of the FM is…… Continue Reading
Today a DAF Hybrid truck was spotted in Friedrichshafen. It is a truck that is owned by ZF and it seems to be on a field test with a customer. The photo’s were made by one of our Iepieleaks spies and he was so kind to blur the face in the mirror, the licence plate…… Continue Reading
Nikola, the American company that is developing hydrogen trucks for Europe and the USA has attracted major investors. This week CNH, the mother company of Iveco anounched a 250 milion dollar investment in the company. This would give CNH a 25% stake in the start up company. The investment is interesting because there were speculations…… Continue Reading
Tesla is testing the full electric tractor called ‘Semi’ in the USA. The combination is operating at 75.000 LBS which is about 34 ton total weight. The 6×4 tractor unit seems very small on these photo’s and it has a look that will not atract truck drivers if you ask us. The cab is even…… Continue Reading
Bigtruck magazine editie 11 2024
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