(IN BRIEF) Vonk en Co BV, an international haulage company specializing in white goods transportation, has recently integrated seven new Mercedes-Benz Ategos into its fleet, totaling 13 vehicles. These Ategos, equipped with box bodies, replace older trucks and are expected … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) FedEx Express Europe, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has commenced a trial of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel to power five of its company-owned trucks in the United Kingdom. This initiative follows FedEx Express’s earlier adoption of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Europe, FedEx, Louise Whitehouse, renewable diesel, sustainability, Trucks, UK
Solar panels make electronic systems on trucks sustainable Monthly saving of up to 100 litres of fuel per truck Reducing a truck’s overall fuel consumption up to 6% annually (PRESS RELEASE) HELMOND, Netherlands, 24-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Kuehne+Nagel (SWX: KNIN), one … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Netherlands, News, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Kuehne+Nagel, logistics, Martijn Ildiz, photovoltaics, reducing CO2 emissions, René van den Akker, solar electricity, solar panels, solar powered trucks, SolarOnTop, sustainable supply chain, Trucks
Sonnenkollektoren machen elektronische Systeme auf Lastwagen nachhaltig Monatliche Einsparung von bis zu 100 Liter Kraftstoff pro LKW Senkung des Gesamtkraftstoffverbrauchs eines Lkw um bis zu 6 % pro Jahr (PRESSEMITTEILUNG) HELMOND, Netherlands, 24-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Kühne+Nagel (SWX: KNIN), eines der … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Netherlands, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Kuehne+Nagel, Kühne+Nagel, LKW, logistics, Logistik, Martijn Ildiz, nachhaltige Lieferkette, photovoltaics, Photovoltaik, reducing CO2 emissions, Reduzierung der CO2-Emissionen, René van den Akker, solar electricity, solar panels, solar powered trucks, solarbetriebene Lkw, Solarmodule, SolarOnTop, Solarstrom, sustainable supply chain, Trucks
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜBENDORF, 20-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, the Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology, has announced that a software tool aimed at supporting fleet managers in transforming truck fleet to low-CO2 powertrains jointly developed by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Audi, biodiesel trucks, biogas, biogas trucks, BMW, Bosch, Christian Bach, CO2 emissions, CO2 savings, Continental, Daimler, decarbonization, eLCAr, ELECTRIC, Electric car, electric trucks, electric vehicles, Empa, ETH Zurich, freight transports, greenhouse gas emissions, HERE, hydrogen, hydrogen trucks, Intel, logistics, low-CO2 powertrains, Migros, myclimate, navigation software, powertrain systems, renewable energy, route planning, SAE, Society of Automotive Engineers, software, Tencent Group, truck fleet, Trucks
(PRESS RELEASE) SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden, 13-Dec-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Scania, a leading Swedish supplier of sustainable transport solutions and services, engines for industrial and marine applications, and power generation, has announced that its new P 250 PHEV truck with the new … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STUTTGART, 21-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Bosch, a German multinational engineering and technology company, has announced it is part of an innovation project that investigates methods for fast, secure data communication for vehicle-to-vehicle communication for automated driving as part … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged automated driving, automation systems, Bosch, CONCORDA, edge cloud, Ertico – ITS Europe, Escrypt, Intelligent Transport Systems, Kapsch, mobile network, Nokia, public highways, road users, secure data communication, Telekom, Trucks
(PRESS RELEASE) BUENOS AIRES, 10-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Mercedes-Benz celebrates 70 years of production in its factory in Buenos Aires, Argentina, its first plant outside of Germany. Having been the first productive subsidiary, meant the initial step of the worldwide … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Accelo, Argentina, Atego, Buenos Aires, buses, cars, Juan Manuel Fangio Industrial Center, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz factory, Sprinter van, Trucks, Vans
Siemens Mobility and Continental cooperate in manufacturing pantographs for trucks Initiative of the Ministry of Transport recommends eHighway on 4,000 kilometers of autobahn (PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 29-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens Mobility announces partnership with Continental Engineering Services (CES) to … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged autobahns, climate change, climate-neutral, Continental Engineering Services, Dr. Christoph Falk-Gierlinger, eHighway, electrification, freight transport, Michael Peter, overhead line, pantographs, rail electrification, Siemens Mobility, truck pantographs, truck transport, Trucks
(PRESS RELEASE) GOTHENBURG, 1-Arp-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The Volvo Group announces that it has completed the transaction with Isuzu Motors whereby the Japanese commercial vehicle company acquired UD Trucks from the Volvo Group for an enterprise value of JPY 243 … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STUTTGART, 22-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Mercedes-Benz Trucks announces that it has put the eActros and the eEconic through an in-depth series of different tests on the Swabian Jura in the freezing cold of February this year. Near-series prototypes … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Germany, Industrial, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged battery-electric trucks, eActros, eEconic, electrical powertrain, energy management systems, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, powertrain, prototypes, Swabian Jura, Test engineers, test track, transport operation, truck, Trucks
(PRESS RELEASE) SINGAPORE, 9-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Kuehne + Nagel announced it is rolling out an AI-based digital freight platform in Asia Pacific, first starting off with Thailand. With this launch, the company is expanding its suite of online services. … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, International Trade, Internet & Online, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI, AI freight platform, Asia-Pacific, carriers, Chellan Ganesan, comparison process, Digital freight platform, digital transformation, etrucKNow, freight platform, KPMG Digital Village, Kuehne + Nagel, overland logistics, overland shipments, simplified quotation, THAILAND, truck operators, Trucks
(PRESS RELEASE) VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, 2-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Continental has just published a number of valuable tips and additional information on helping fleet managers make a smooth transition to the DTCO 4.0. The deadline for the intelligent digital tachographs is June … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, European Union, Germany, News, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Continental, De-minimis funding program, Dedicated Short Range Communication, Diego Santos-Burgoa, digital tachographs, DLK Pro, DLT Pro, DTCO 4.0, DTCO 4.0 tachograph, DTCO 4.0 training, DTCO tachographs, EU regulation 165/2014, fleet cards, fleet management, fleet managers, fleets, GNSS, intelligent digital tachographs, Marcello Lucarelli, Oliver Heil, Santos-Burgoa, tachograph cards, tachographs, TIS-Web DMM 5.0, transition to the DTCO 4.0, transport logistic trade fair, Trucks, VDO Driver app, VDO Fleet app, VDO FleetVisor, VDO TIS-Web Motion, vehicle fleets
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 26-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Provisional political agreement on the revised General Safety Regulation has just been reached by the EU institutions. Passengers, pedestrians and cyclists will be better protected as new safety technologies will become mandatory across … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, European Union, Government, News, Security & Safety, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged advanced safety features, advanced vehicle safety features, Alcohol interlock installation facilitation, attention detection, buses, C-ITS, car safety technologies, Communication on Connected and Automated Mobility, connected mobility, Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems, Drowsiness detection, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, emergency braking systems, EU, Europe on the Move, European Commission, fatal traffic casualties, lane departure warning systems, road safety, safe mobility systems, safer roads, Trucks, vehicle safety features
One of Australia’s leading suppliers of heavy building materials, Hanson, has taken delivery of the first of 82 ACCO 8×4 trucks, which will be deployed to sites across metropolitan Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia. MELBOURNE, Australia, 19-Dec-2019 … Read the full press release
Posted in Italy, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ACCO, Hanson, Iveco, Neil McDermott, Trucks
Södertälje, Sweden, 20-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The training for service technicians at the West African Transport Academy (WATA) in Ghana’s capital city Accra is the first of its kind. It enables students to specialise in heavy truck and bus technology, combining … Read the full press release
It measures over 30 metres long and reduces CO2 emissions by 20% per road journey The duo trailer leads to a logistics cost savings of 25% and should reduce the level of road accidents The truck was tested on the journey … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Dr. Christian Vollmer, duo trailer, duo_trailer, efficiency, safety, SEAT, sustainability, Trucks
Bosch innovations to look out for at the IAA 2018 Tomorrow’s freight traffic will be accident-free, stress-free, and emissions-free Connected services are making life easier for truck drivers and logistics specialists Driver assistance systems for commercial vehicles are making roads … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Electronics & Machinery, Germany, Marketing, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles, automate, Automated mobility, automation, Bosch, commercial_vehicles, connect, Connected, connected mobility, Electrified mobility, electrify, freight, freight traffic, iaa18, iaanfz, innovations, powertrain systems, traffic, truck, Trucks
Scania’s order bookings for trucks reached the highest level for a first quarter since 2007 thanks to the continued strong demand in Europe. The growth is increasingly coming from the eastern and southern parts of Europe, where the recovery from … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Henrik Henriksson, Scania, Trucks
San Antonio, TX, 5-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the last three years, Scania has continued the expansion of its service network in North America, which is now comprised of more than 300 service points for Scania industrial and marine engines in the … Read the full press release
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