The commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has presented a self-propelled, battery electric concept vehicle for urban transport. The NXT load power unit can be designed to meet a wide variety of requirements: for example, it brings commuters to work in the morning and back home in the evening, delivers goods during...
The Böblingen-based company Teammobility has introduced a mobility concept for transport with the "UCCON". Compared to a van, the vehicle offers almost one-third more cargo space and payload for the same length. For the latter to be as large as possible, the focus was on the development of the chassis...
The city of Munich has taken its first electric tourist bus in May in operation. The Bavarian capital thus joins the ranks of major European cities such as Paris and London, where electric double-decker buses have long been used for city tours. The new E-Sightseeing bus is operated by Münchner...
Hyundai has introduced a fully electric double-decker bus – the first vehicle of its kind in the manufacturer's program. The South Koreans worked for 18 months on the Groß-Stromer, they were able to rely on government funding. From when and in which countries the model is to be sold, is...
StreetScooter, Deutsche Post's e-mobility subsidiary, has so far produced exclusively battery-powered vans exclusively. That is about to change: the group-owned parcel and letter express service DHL and StreetScooter are developing a new van with hydrogen technology. The new "H2 Panel Van" will be the first standard 4.25-tonne electric van, whose...
With the help of customer tests, Mercedes-Benz is preparing the series launch of its first all-electric large truck. As of this month, vehicles of the eActros type will also be on the road in the Stuttgart area and in the Rhine-Main region. In Stuttgart, the logistics service provider Dachser uses...
From 2020, the Hamburg-based transport company will only order locally emission-free buses. By the end of the next decade, the last vehicles will be taken out of service with a conventional combustion engine. How much German manufacturers profit from new business is still unclear. Hochbahn boss Henrik Falk affirmed in...
The EU has this year agreed on binding CO2 limits for trucks and buses to help meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The CEO of the German commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Joachim Drees criticized the "very ambitious" CO2 requirements of European climate policy at the annual general...
The boss of the German logistics company Dachser Bernhard Simon has criticized the delivery times for electric trucks in an interview. He would like to introduce more locally emission-free transporters, but there is a lack of supply. "Unfortunately, the electric trucks are not yet available in sufficient numbers. In the...
The autonomous electric truck T-Pod of the Swedish startup Einride is off this week in the Scandinavian city of Jönköping on a public road. The futuristic Stromer handles transport tasks for the logistics service provider of Deutsche Bahn DB Schenker. "Permitting public roads is a major milestone … and a...
