Volta Trucks, the leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has partnered with The Crown Estate, one of the West End of London’s largest property owners, and Clipper Logistics, its distribution provider, to decarbonise and consolidate deliveries into London’s world-famous Regent Street retailers, improving air quality and congestion in the city centre.
With the new UltraContact, a summer tire for fleets and end customers, Continental is taking to the trends of the changing mobile society. What they have in common is the call for more sustainability, including in tires. This approach is not only resource-saving, but also very cost-effective – because a tire that combines long service life and robust design also saves on purchase costs.
A lighter CO2 backpack of electric cars, the transformational turbo of battery technology, the electrification of heavy-duty transport and hydrogen combustion as a complement: in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the participants of FEV's international conference “Zero CO2 Mobility” in November 2021 in Aachen painted an open technology picture with different approaches to solutions. Host FEV, a leading global service provider in vehicle and powertrain development, estimates electrification and hydrogen as the most important drivers of sustainable mobility, but at the same time misses a clear roadmap for the increased use of e-fuels.
Reduced complexity, enhanced performance: CeramTec‘s new high-performance iCT tool system features a completely revised clamping system for optimised performance. At the same time, the number of variants has been reduced to enable easier handling and greater security for customers when assigning spare parts to the tools.
Allison Transmission, a leading designer and manufacturer of conventional and electrified vehicle propulsion solutions, is pleased to announce the delivery of its 2 millionth 1000/2000 Series transmission, a milestone in the company’s history of providing reliable, durable transmissions for light and medium duty commercial vehicles. The transmission was delivered to Penske Truck Leasing, a leading global transportation services provider.
New A33230 Hall-effect sensor offers superior performance in a tiny package and offers system designers a cost-effective solution for automotive and industrial applications with a quick time to market.
“In order to support the profound changes in the public transport sector, at a regulatory, social and technological level, ACTIA aims to offer its manufacturer, operator and institutional partners the best technological solutions, for clean, connected, safe and autonomous vehicles.The ACTIA group is directing its innovation efforts to achieve two major goals that are not only technological but also societal and environmental: Smart Mobility and Smart Cities.” Jean-Louis Pech, CEO of the ACTIA group.
Ever since the automobile industry’s inception over a century ago, car manufacturers have been looking for ways to differentiate their models from those of the competition. For a large proportion of the decades that have followed, this differentiation was mainly based on the development of vehicles that delivered better performance or road handling.
Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST), today announced the availability of the new GXC and MXC series of Smart-Tactor contactors with CAN bus communication which provide valuable data for improved system performance, reliability, and diagnostics in military, battery system, energy storage, commercial vehicle and industrial applications.
ZF's new commercial vehicle division, “Commercial Vehicle Solutions,” started as planned at the beginning of the year. Combines ZF’s former Commercial Vehicle Technology and Commercial Vehicle Control Systems (formerly WABCO) divisions. This makes ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions the largest commercial vehicle supplier. Holds a leading position in the core technology fields of electromobility, digitization as well as autonomous and networked driving.