Electric vehicles

Daimler Truck subsidiary Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) manufacture petrol, diesel, and alternative-fuel chassis for medium-duty pick up and delivery markets.

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Electric and Fuel Cell Trucks 2023-2043'.

Mercedes-Benz is aligning its global production network to manufacture its reshaped product portfolio focused on luxury electric vehicles as the car brand prepares to go all electric by the end of the decade - wherever market conditions allow. The future product portfolio will focus on three categories: Top End Luxury, Core Luxury and Entry Luxury.

Ballard is a leading supplier of fuel cell systems for non-automotive applications. IDTechEx caught up with the company to learn more about its products, as well as its USPs for its new entry into the marine EV market.

Freightliner (a subsidiary of Daimler AG) have been conducting extensive field tests with customers, through their 'Customer Experience Fleet Program' of two fully electric trucks.

Koenigsegg Automotive AB are a Sweden-based company manufacturing high-performance sports cars.

With this approval, Einride will conduct a public road pilot. The autonomous and electric Einride Pod's design does not leave room for a driver on board and is instead remotely monitored by a Remote Pod Operator, marking this pilot as an industry first for this new type of vehicle.

MAN (part of VW's Traton Group) have been making their MAN eTGM truck in small series production since late 2019. In 2021, they announced their intention to begin series production of electric trucks in Munich in 2024.

IDTechEx's new report, "Thermal Management for ADAS: 2023-2033" finds that the yearly market value for thermal interface materials (TIMs) in ADAS will increase 11-fold over the next 10 years.

Mercedes-Benz are a Daimler brand, and Daimler Trucks are investing in both battery electric vehicle (BEV) and fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) truck development.

In September 2020, Scania (part of VW's Traton Group) launched their first pure electric truck for both its L- and P-series cabs.

PEDOT-based touch foil offers automotive manufacturers efficiencies and cost savings, while delivering the vehicle features consumers demand.

The world's fastest electric ship, the Candela P-12 Shuttle, is set to hit Stockholm's waters next year, heralding a new era of transport. The innovative hydrofoiling electric ferry will reduce emissions and slash commuting times - and the city believes it will make waterborne public transport more attractive than trains, buses, and cars.

Both parties are leveraging their expertise to jointly develop energy storage systems based on ProLogium's unique solid-state batteries technology which are a suitable energy storage alternative with particularly high energy density for a wide range of applications, such as the transportation sector.

The 35th edition of the International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS) & Exhibition was held in Oslo, Norway, from 11th-15th June 2022. IDTechEx attended the event and learnt about the latest technology developments and witnessed new product launches. This article includes all the highlights and important trends we observed in the e-mobility industry.

Dutch OEM DAF, subsidiary of American truck OEM PACCAR Group, currently offer two electric heavy-duty trucks: DAF CF Electric, which they began testing in 2018, and the 19-tonne DAF LF Electric, which went into production in May 2021.

Volvo are leading truck electrification in Europe, offering a full range of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks.

Renault Trucks (part of the Volvo Group) launched their range of fully electric trucks in 2019.

Rocsys develop solutions to fully automate professional charging sites. With their solutions, EV infrastructure operators can increase their asset utilisation. This allows fleet operators to run business-critical operations with EVs and additionally prepare for the self-parking and self-driving era. Rocsys' solutions are based on proprietary patented soft-robotics and computer vision technologies. IDTechEx spoke to their CEO and Co-founder, Crijn Bouman at EVS35.

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has secured an order of Battery Electric Vehicles from BHP for the Jansen Potash Project, located in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Jansen Stage 1 is being designed with a focus on sustainability and technology and the battery-electric loaders will be used in the most advanced potash-mine in the world.