Volvo Trucks used the I-Shift transmission for the first generation of electric trucks. The I-Shift gearbox was fitted with one, two or three engines, depending on the requested power. The news is that Volvo now presents the e-axle, a more compact system with the engines and the gearbox in a smaller housing directly mounted on…… Continue Reading
In 2025, Volvo Group’s truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to produce battery modules. To date, partners supply both cells and modules to the Group. The investment decision to install battery module manufacturing capacity in Ghent is another important step for the Volvo Group to shape its future value chain for battery systems. The…… Continue Reading
The US Department of Defense signed a contract for 466 tank transporters from Broshuis B.V. The family-owned company, located in Kampen, The Netherlands, will deliver the 466 Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System (EHET) trailers over the next five years. The trailers are 8-axle PL2 pendulum axle semi low loaders for transporting tanks and other heavy…… Continue Reading
On the IAA in Hannover Ford is introducing the new Transit Custom and the new Ranger Pickup. The Transit custom is available with diesel, full electric or PHEV with a petrol engine. The new Ranger is standard equiped with a two liter diesel or a V6 diesel. The Raptor version comes with a V6 petrol…… Continue Reading
Next week DAF is going to launch the DAF XD series and the construction models of the new DAF range in Hannover. That means a lot of news on the DAF stand, but there is even more news to come. We found this picture on the net of a new DAF XD Electric! The truck…… Continue Reading
DAF Trucks is going to present the new XD heavy distribution trucks on the IAA, but there is more news to come! We now have photo’s of the new construction range of DAF. The DAF Construction range has a tough steel bumper, straight front axles and other, typical construction details. New is the XF daycab…… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz is testing a new, or face lift version of the Actros. The cab was introduced in 2018 but since the new European regulation 96/53/EG there is now more space for aerodynamic features. On the pictures we see a new, streamlined front of the truck, new fenders and a long wheelbase. The European regulation 96/53/EG…… Continue Reading
At DAF Trucks they are working on the hydrogen combustion engine as it was presented last year during the introduction of the XF, XG and XG+. Now we found photo’s of a hydrogen-electric fuel cell truck that was caught at a hydrogen fuel station in Eindhoven. The DAF CF has large stacks of tanks behind…… Continue Reading
DAF is testing the new medium duty generation that will be named the DAF XD. Here we see a low roof sleeper cab rigid with a roof spoiler. The new XD shares a lot of cab components with the new DAF XF and rumours say the two steps entry is only possible with the MX11…… Continue Reading
Mercedes-Benz is starting the first eActros Long Haul trucks for testing this year. For the important long-haul segment the eActros LongHaul, with a range of around 500 kilometers on one battery charge, is scheduled to be ready for series production in 2024. The first prototypes of the 40-ton truck are already undergoing internal tests and…… Continue Reading
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