Month: July 2015
Commercial Vehicles

BMW and Scherm group begin testing electric trucks

The 100% electric trucks from the BMW Group and the Scherm group will be in service from today onwards. This means the BMW Group will be the first automobile manufacturer in Europe to use a 40-ton electric truck for material transport on public roads. It was launched at the BMW Group Plant in Munich by […]

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Commercial Vehicles

BYD to supply world’s first electric double decker to London

The world’s first pure electric zero emission double decker bus, designed and built by BYD, is to enter service London in October the Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced. “Many believed that a pure electric double deck bus would not be possible due to the size of the battery packs required to power it”, […]

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Commercial Vehicles Safety & Compliance

Scania signs transparency and anti-corruption declaration with Colombia

Scania has signed a declaration of transparency and anti-corruption with the government of Colombia as part of a new Swedish Corporate Social Responsibility Network. The Swedish Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Network has been established by the Swedish Embassy in Colombia and developed with the South American country’s Secretariat of Transparency, part of the Presidency of […]

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Commercial Vehicles

Mitsubishi Fuso Canter E-CELL completes customer trials

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), cooperating with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), under the umbrella of Daimler Trucks Asia, announced that the trials for the battery-powered, electric, “Zero Emission” vehicles were officially completed in Portugal, one year after the hand-over of Fuso Canter E-CELL trucks to selected customers. At an event held in […]

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