Commercial and Off-highway Vechicles Market
Electric Vehicles have been penetrating the passenger vehicle market significantly, but what is the story for Commercial and Off-Highway Vehicles (COHV)? Motivations and incentives are different in this sector where latest-and-greatest pales in comparison to ROI. Within PTR’s e-Mobility segment, Commercial & Off-Highway Vehicles service has been designed to look deeper into six major segments of the commercial and off-highway vehicles market: Trucks, Buses, Lightweight Commercial Vehicles, Construction Vehicles, Agricultural Vehicles and Forklifts (Industrial Trucks).
Nikola will miss its truck’s annual delivery target
Nikola will miss its goal of delivering at least 300 BEV Tre trucks this year. The company expected to deliver between 300 and 500 battery-electric trucks this year, capitalizing on a shift to electric trucks by logistics companies seeking to reduce ownership costs...
Stellantis Considers Fuel Cell Transporter Production
Stellantis has announced that it would begin serial production of fuel cell versions of Peugeot, Citroen, and Opel light commercial vehicles at a site in France. Until now, fuel cell vans were only available in a limited number. According to the firm, manufacturing of...
Toyota establishes a hydrogen fuel cell R&D center in Beijing
Toyota has begun construction of a commercial vehicle fuel cell research and development center in Beijing, China. When finished, the R&D center will also house fuel cell manufacturing and testing lines. The project is managed by Toyota Motor Corporation's joint...
Mercedes is optimizing truck batteries for use in Electric Construction Vehicles
There has been a clear demand increase for zero-emission technologies within commercial and passenger vehicle segments following federal and private carbon neutrality initiatives that are being introduced in order to curb GHG emissions. Currently, the highest amount...
Danfoss Receives UK Grant for Decarbonising Construction Vehicles
The U.K. government has granted Danfoss Power Solutions almost $450,000 to accelerate the electrification of construction equipment. The grant was awarded by the United Kingdom's Department for Business, Energy, and Skills as part of its Red Diesel Replacement...
Canadian federal government signed EV agreements with Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz
The Canadian government announced the signing of new agreements with German automakers Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen aimed at increasing collaboration and supporting investments in the country's electric vehicle (EV) and battery supply chains. The announcements come as...
Quantron to Expand Market in North America
Quantron AG, the German truck maker has announced to offer of its zero-emission commercial vehicles and retrofit packages in North America with a special focus on fuel cell trucks. The Augsburg-based company has intended to implement its business model of providing...
Daimler Truck calls to accelerate ZEV transition for Trucks and Buses
The recent iteration of Autoworld Brussels brought with it a panel discussion with Daimler AG, passenger and commercial vehicle conglomerate. Previously, Daimler AG had been in the highlight due to their recent carbon neutrality statements and ambitions that they had...
Canoo has signed an agreement for Zeeba to purchase 5,450 (LDVs and LVs)
Earlier this week, Canoo (a leading high-tech advanced mobility company based in California) secured a major order for its Lifestyle Vehicles (LVs) and Lifestyle Delivery Vehicles (LDVs) from Zeeba (a growing national fleet leasing provider company based in Los...
Unilever adds heavy-duty electric trucks for achieving logistics sustainability
According to its annual report of Unilever, more than 90% of its logistics emissions come from the logistics suppliers so it has begun using lower carbon alternative fuels such as liquified natural gas (LNG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) in some 12 countries and...
Tata Motors won three tenders for over 3,600 e-buses in 30 days
Tata Motors has been at the forefront when it comes to introducing environmentally friendly mobility to India. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC), and Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) have all placed...
After its Parent Company, TRATON, Scania has Revealed Target for Electric Vehicles
Scania Group intents to phase out the combustion engine vehicle sales by 2040 and only launch battery-electric vehicles. With this announcement, Scania is venturing ahead of its competitors in the truck industry. However, speaking to Eurotransport.de, Christian Levin,...
Launch of the new Innovative Electric Car MG4 in Europe
MG4 is a new generation of pure electric vehicle architecture, with a more diversified power system and multiple battery configurations that provide different range options. The MG4 Electric is the first in a range of MG vehicles built on the sophisticated new MSP...
Deployment of 5000 e-buses (BEVs) across India by Chalo and Switch Mobility
A strategic partnership has been established between Switch Mobility (A next-generation electric vehicle UK based company) and Chalo (the top transport technology company in India) to deploy 5,000 electric buses across the country. As part of the supply arrangement,...
USPS under more pressure as Senate increases fundings: Calls for Action
The United States Postal Service (USPS), is one of the biggest delivery service entities under the federal governance of the United States of America. It was, in addition, also one of the highlighted entities that was promised to be put on track towards carbon...
NZ Post unveils first fuel cell Hyundai Xcient electric commercial vehicle
Hyundai has been in the spot light ever since the company announced plans to develop one of the first heavy duty fuel cell electric trucks, the XCIENT. The vehicle is currently being integrated into the commercial vehicle market and is gaining popularity after each...
APAC OEMs to develop small electric vans and fuel cell electric trucks
Most APAC Manufacturers have continued to not only focus on conventional NEVs such as BEVs and PHEVs in order to drive the electrification of the region's commercial vehicle stock, but have also extensively began entering into the fuel cell electric vehicle market....
Nikola Tre BEV approved for NY incentives offering savings up to $185k per truck
After a rollercoaster start consisting of multiple detriments such as fraud, embezzlement, and an eventual inquiry by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) that ended with a penalty of $125 million, Nikola Corporation has...
$65 million committed by State of Colorado to electrify school bus fleet
The long awaited SB 193 air quality bill has recently been signed by the Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis. The bill, which tackles numerous climate correction incentives, also creates a $65 million grant program for electric school buses within the state. The United...
Volta Trucks confirms electric trucks to the US beginning in mid-2023
Volta Trucks has been identified as one of the biggest electric commercial vehicle startups present within Europe. It has marked up billions in back orders and has introduced three additional weight variants within its commercial vehicle segment, setting its footing...
Honda Motors to invest $40 billion into electrification
Honda recently stated its carbon neutrality goals, setting 2040 as the company's target for a completely gasoline-free sales portfolio. In order to reach this target year, Honda Motors has decided to invest a total of $39.91 billion over the next ten years for its...
USPS orders 50,000 new delivery vehicles, with over 10,000 electric
Following President Biden's Electrify America initiative which set in motion initiatives to transition the passenger and commercial fleets of the U.S to electric by the end of the decade, a number of companies pledged their own electrification goals. The President...
Clean Truck Strategy Colorado – ICE going Electric by 2050
Since the introduction of the Advanced Clean Truck act by California, the U.S. has extensively accelerated its transition towards the integration of electric vehicles within its fleets. Since joining office, the Biden Administration has continued to place emphasize on...
Shell & BYD partner up on charging infrastructure
Following the recent investment and expansion at BYD’s electric bus factory in Hungary supporting its principle of ‘Made in Europe for Europe’, an investment that is aimed at resulting into an increase in production capacity, with the annual output of a single shift...
Chile to ban combustion motors by 2045
Latin America remains one of the largest EV markets with immense potential to extensively increase global EV deployments. With countries such as Chile, Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia actively taking part in driving the transportation industry towards carbon neutrality...
Ford Starts Shipping 2022 E-Transit Vans To US Customers
Ford is considered to be the go-to automotive brand for many U.S citizens - with a trusted range of commercial vehicles already present within the U.S transportation network, Ford is finally accelerating its electrification strategy for the commercial vehicle sector...
Volkswagen able to build 1 million EVs a year in China from 2023
The Chinese market has been dominated by Asian market players, owing to their extensive production capacities and reduced manufacturing costs. Volkswagen, however, has recently announced plans to build ~1 million electric vehicles a year in China, starting from 2023....
70,000 e-buses delivered by BYD worldwide, with a total of 5.5 billion km covered
After 10 years of operation, Chinese e-Mobility giant, BYD, has recently announced the delivery of it's 70,000th e-Bus. With this delivery, BYD has successfully managed to cover a total of 5.5 billion km worldwide. The company's e-Bus presence within Europe now stands...
General Motors to open two battery plants in U.S.
General Motors will open two battery plants in the U.S. to support increasing electric and autonomous vehicle production. The announcements came as GM's rival Ford said its entire Lincoln luxury brand lineup would be electric or gas-electric hybrid by 2030, including...
School district transportation company Zūm wants to use its electric school buses to send power back to grid
Zūm is the industry leader in child transportation for school districts based in California, U.S. The startup provides child transportation for school districts and families, and is aiming to use its fleet of electric school buses to deliver power back to the...