Focus on automotive: Truck
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27/11/2019Ford is celebrating a clean-sweep of the light commercial vehicle awards season as the electrified Ford Hybrid Transit Custom line-up is named International Van of the Year (IVOTY) 2020, and the Ford Ranger is named winner of the International Pick-up Award (IPUA) 2020. The new Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid and Transit Custom EcoBlue Hybrid... -
21/11/2019FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of CNH Industrial announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microvast, aimed at an industrial and commercial cooperation to enable FPT Industrial to design and assemble battery packs in-house, at its facility in Turin, Italy, to be offered on CNH Industrial vehicles and to third-... -
05/11/2019Citroën is preparing to launch a major electrification offensive across its commercial range. Already present on very targeted markets with Berlingo Electric and the forthcoming launch of Jumper Electric (beginning of 2020), the Brand plans to extend its electric offering for business customers with a range of 100% electric compact vans by 2021.... -
24/10/2019Renault extends the use of its electric light commercial vehicles with hydrogen. The vehicles are equipped with a range extender fuel cell providing electric and thermal power of 10 kW, increasing the range of Renault Master Z.E. Hydrogen and Renault Kangoo Z.E. Hydrogen to over 350 km. Another advantage of hydrogen is that charging takes just... -
22/10/2019Peugeot Expert, Citroën Jumpy, Opel Vivaro and Vauxhall Vivaro will come in all‐electric versions from 2020. In an increasingly urbanized environment, Groupe PSA’s new generation of compact vans has been designed around the EMP2 multi-energy platform to offer zero-CO2 mobility for individuals (passenger car versions) and freight (commercial... -
22/10/2019Ford extends its European Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle trial to Cologne. The study, which is also testing Ford PHEVs on the streets of London and Valencia, Spain, aims to better analyse and show the real-world benefits of such vehicles for the environment and for commercial vehicle owners and operators. Working with five municipal fleets and... -
28/09/2019As a signatory of the FRET21 scheme Groupe Renault has received an award for the best progress in reducing CO2 emissions from its freight transport, from among participating companies. Involved in FRET21 since 2015, Groupe Renault was in the top ten companies to voluntarily reduce the environmental impact of their freight activities. At the end...