The Petit Forestier Group has agreed to purchase 1,000 Volta Zeros to accelerate its transition towards cleaner energies and represents Volta Trucks’ largest sale to date. Volta Trucks and the Petit Forestier Group, the European leader in refrigeration rentals, have joined forces to make a refrigerated 100% electric commercial vehicle available for rental from 2022.… Continue reading European refrigerated truck rental firm to buy 1,000 full-electric Volta trucks
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Magna’s EyeQ5-based ADAS system adopted by European carmaker
Magna and Mobileye have collaborated since 2007 on developing leading-edge driver-assistance systems. A premium automaker in Europe will soon be able to offer industry-leading driver assistance features across a larger portion of its vehicle line-up using the next generation of camera-based driver assistance from Magna. The Magna Gen5 ‘one-box’ solution is a Mobileye EyeQ5-based system – one… Continue reading Magna’s EyeQ5-based ADAS system adopted by European carmaker
Continental to expand truck tyre capacity at Modipuram plant
Technology company and premium tyre manufacturer Continental is to significantly expand its truck tyres production capacity at the Modipuram plant in Uttar Pradesh. The capacity expansion initiative will be completed in the next 18 months, further increasing the product range for 20-inch and 22.5-inch tyres along with the existing other range of Truck and Bus… Continue reading Continental to expand truck tyre capacity at Modipuram plant
VW and Bill Gates-backed QuantumScape claims 80% charge in under 15 minutes for solid-state battery tech
California-based QuantaumScape Corp (QuantumScape) a company focussing on the development of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles (EVs), has released performance data, which it says demonstrates its capability to address fundamental issues holding back widespread adoption of high-energy-density solid-state batteries, including charge time (current density), cycle life, safety, and operating temperature. The… Continue reading VW and Bill Gates-backed QuantumScape claims 80% charge in under 15 minutes for solid-state battery tech
Nissan claims 5,000 bookings for the Magnite
Less than a week into the launch of its latest for the Indian market, Nissan Motor India is claiming to have received well over 5,000 bookings for the all-new Nissan Magnite crossover – its make-or-break model in the country. The compact crossover, which was launched on December 2 at a rather disruptive introductory price tag… Continue reading Nissan claims 5,000 bookings for the Magnite
Toyota working on new battery electric SUV
Toyota announced today that it will preview a brand-new model for its battery electric vehicle line-up: a mid-size SUV based on the forthcoming e-TNGA platform. Further details will be announced in the coming months. At this stage, only a stylised silhouette and details of the platform architecture have been released. The un-named preview model will… Continue reading Toyota working on new battery electric SUV
VECV’s new Bhopal truck plant starts production, to add 40,000 capacity in first phase
VE Commercial Vehicles today commenced the commercial operations at its new, state-of-the-art truck manufacturing unit at Bagroda, Bhopal, making it the company’s 8th manufacturing facility in the state of Madhya Pradesh and has been set up with Industry 4.0 standards. The new manufacturing facility was inaugurated by the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh… Continue reading VECV’s new Bhopal truck plant starts production, to add 40,000 capacity in first phase
Four global carmakers to use GKN electric drive systems
GKN Automotive, a Tier 1 supplier that has sold over a million of its eAxle electric axle systems, has announced that 13 more electrified models powered by its eDrive technology will soon go on sale. The models, from four global manufacturers, range from four-wheel-drive SUVs to a battery-electric city car. The powertrain line-up includes GKN’s… Continue reading Four global carmakers to use GKN electric drive systems
Volvo Trucks launches VNR Electric model in North America
Volvo Trucks North America has announced the commercial introduction and sales start of its zero tailpipe emission, battery-electric vehicle to the North American market. The Class 8 Volvo VNR Electric truck model has a scheduled production start in early 2021. The VNR Electric model is now commercially available in North America. The Volvo VNR Electric is… Continue reading Volvo Trucks launches VNR Electric model in North America
SABIC introduces new radar-absorbing compounds for radar sensors
The two new radar absorbing LNP STAT-KON compounds are based on polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin for automotive radar sensors. SABIC today introduced two new radar absorbing LNP STAT-KON compounds for automotive radar sensors, significantly expanding its portfolio of these specialty materials. The new grades, based on polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin, may be used for integration with radomes… Continue reading SABIC introduces new radar-absorbing compounds for radar sensors