Commercial Vehicle News

AI Takes the Wheel as Uber, Lyft and NVIDIA Redefine Global Mobility

AI Takes the Wheel as Uber, Lyft and NVIDIA Redefine Global Mobility The race to build truly autonomous, AI-driven mobility ecosystems has entered a decisive phase. What was once framed as a contest between individual robotaxi developers is now evolving into something far broader and more consequential: a platform-driven transformation of global transport networks. At … Read more…

Poland Sets the Pace for Connected Transport Regulation

Poland Sets the Pace for Connected Transport Regulation In the world of European freight and infrastructure logistics, regulatory change rarely arrives quietly. When Poland introduced new requirements under its SENT system framework in December 2024, it sent a clear signal to fleet operators, logistics firms and vehicle manufacturers alike. The movement of so called high … Read more…

Kapsch TrafficCom Partners With TomTom To Power Intelligent Mobility

Kapsch TrafficCom Partners With TomTom To Power Intelligent Mobility Urban congestion, inefficient transport networks and rising demands on infrastructure are placing extraordinary pressure on road authorities around the world. Cities are growing, freight volumes are increasing and public expectations for efficient mobility continue to rise. Against this backdrop, access to accurate traffic intell… Read more…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Expands Portfolio as Electric Vans Gain Ground

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Expands Portfolio as Electric Vans Gain Ground The global market for light commercial vehicles has been anything but predictable in recent years. Rising costs, shifting emissions regulations and uncertain demand for electric vehicles have forced manufacturers to rethink strategies while continuing to serve fleets, logistics providers and tradespeople who rely on depe… Read more…

Volkswagen’s Hanover Plant Celebrates 70 Years of Industrial Innovation

Volkswagen’s Hanover Plant Celebrates 70 Years of Industrial Innovation The Hanover production facility operated by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has long stood as one of Europe’s most important industrial automotive sites. As the plant marks its 70th anniversary, the story unfolding there is no longer simply about vans and transporters rolling off an assembly line. Instead, … Read more…

Daimler Truck Strengthens Distribution Across Middle East And Africa

Daimler Truck Strengthens Distribution Across Middle East And Africa In a region where infrastructure pipelines stretch from giga projects in the Gulf to rapidly expanding transport corridors across Sub Saharan Africa, distribution networks are no longer a back office function. They are, in many respects, the commercial engine of the heavy vehicle industry. A Daimler … Read more…

How Accurate Weight Measurement Supports Warehouse Operations

How Accurate Weight Measurement Supports Warehouse Operations Let’s talk about money. Every time your warehouse ships a product with the wrong weight logged, you’re literally throwing cash out the door. Incorrect freight bills, angry customers sending stuff back, compliance fines piling up, it all traces back to one problem: bad weight data. Here’s the good … Read more…

Gather AI Raises $40m to Embed Physical AI Across Logistics Infrastructure

Gather AI Raises $40m to Embed Physical AI Across Logistics Infrastructure The global logistics sector is at a turning point. After decades of digitisation, automation and enterprise software investment, one stubborn gap continues to undermine performance across warehouses, factories and yards: the mismatch between what systems believe exists and what is physically present on the … Read more…

Physics First Autonomy Reshaping the Economics of Mining Haulage

Physics First Autonomy Reshaping the Economics of Mining Haulage Autonomous haulage has spent more than a decade promising step changes in productivity, safety and cost control for the global mining industry. Yet progress has been uneven. Solutions that work well in controlled, shallow quarry environments have struggled to scale into deep pit, ultra class mining, … Read more…

Connected Trailers Move to Centre Stage in Europe’s Digital Freight Economy

Connected Trailers Move to Centre Stage in Europe’s Digital Freight Economy Europe’s freight and logistics sector is in the middle of a structural shift, driven less by new vehicles and more by the data that flows through them. As regulatory pressure tightens, margins remain thin and supply chains grow more complex, trailer intelligence has become … Read more…

Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Moves with Pilot Projects

Heavy-Duty Electric Truck Charging Moves with Pilot Projects The electrification of long-haul trucking has reached a point where infrastructure decisions now matter as much as vehicle development itself. Without reliable, high-power charging positioned where freight actually moves, battery-electric heavy goods vehicles remain confined to pilots and publicity runs. Against that backdrop, the agreem… Read more…

Autonomous Trucking Moves from Experiment to Essential Infrastructure

Autonomous Trucking Moves from Experiment to Essential Infrastructure Autonomous trucking has spent the better part of a decade hovering between promise and proof. Pilot programmes came and went, safety drivers remained firmly behind the wheel, and commercial scale always seemed just a few years away. That balance has now shifted. Gatik has crossed a threshold … Read more…

Leasys and EIB Back EU Zero-Emission Fleets with €600m Finance

Leasys and EIB Back EU Zero-Emission Fleets with €600m Finance Europe’s clean-mobility transition is often discussed in the language of targets, mandates and long-term ambition. But in practice, decarbonising road transport comes down to something far more practical: who can finance the vehicles, deploy them quickly, and keep them in service across multiple markets without … Read more…

Unimogs Reinforce Front Line Flood Response in Britain

Unimogs Reinforce Front Line Flood Response in Britain When floodwaters rise and access routes disappear, the speed at which equipment and people can reach the front line often determines the scale of damage avoided. Against that backdrop, the Environment Agency’s decision to take delivery of two Mercedes-Benz Unimog vehicles represents a targeted investment in resilience … Read more…

ADB Mobilises Climate Finance for Ulaanbaatar’s Urban Transport Upgrade

ADB Mobilises Climate Finance for Ulaanbaatar’s Urban Transport Upgrade The Asian Development Bank has approved a $60 million loan for the project finance to support the Government of Mongolia in transforming urban mobility in Ulaanbaatar through the construction of the city’s first bus rapid transit corridor. Complementing the loan is a $500,000 grant from the … Read more…

Kia PV5 Cargo Van Triumphs In Global Commercial EV Market

Kia PV5 Cargo Van Triumphs In Global Commercial EV Market The Kia PV5 Cargo has secured a remarkable double honour at the 2026 What Van? Awards, winning both Van of the Year and Compact Van of the Year. These highly regarded awards recognise exceptional performance, innovation and usability within the light commercial vehicle sector. This … Read more…

Volvo Trucks Expands its Line-up with the Volvo FL Electric

Volvo Trucks Expands its Line-up with the Volvo FL Electric Volvo Trucks has expanded its electric truck family with a new 14 tonne version of the Volvo FL Electric, making urban logistics cleaner, quieter, and far more flexible for transport operators. The latest medium duty entry level variant has been engineered to support a diverse … Read more…

Rosgal Advances Sustainable Fleet Strategy With New Renault Trucks Hotbox

Rosgal Advances Sustainable Fleet Strategy With New Renault Trucks Hotbox Rosgal, a respected civil engineering and groundworks specialist based in Greater Manchester, has continued to modernise its heavy goods vehicle fleet with the addition of a Renault Trucks C380 P6x2 rigid fitted with a Marvtech hotbox tipper body. The investment reflects Rosgal’s long-term aim to … Read more…

Cat Battery Electric Haul Trucks Begin Pilbara Testing with Rio Tinto and BHP

Cat Battery Electric Haul Trucks Begin Pilbara Testing with Rio Tinto and BHP Australia’s mining industry is entering a pivotal era of electrification and fleet decarbonisation, with two Cat 793 XE Early Learner battery-electric haul trucks now commissioned at BHP’s Jimblebar iron ore mine in the Pilbara. Delivered through an unprecedented collaboration involving BHP, Rio … Read more…

Analytical Target Cascading to Optimise Electric Bus Bodies

Analytical Target Cascading to Optimise Electric Bus Bodies The growing shift toward energy conservation in the global automotive sector has put lightweight engineering firmly in the spotlight. For manufacturers of new-energy vehicles, reducing structural mass is no longer a design preference but a commercial imperative. As electric buses gain momentum worldwide, their body structures have … Read more…

Experience Forland Smart Manufacturing In Action

Experience Forland Smart Manufacturing In Action FORLAND’s Global Partners Conference 2026 set the tone for a new chapter in international collaboration when delegates arrived in Qingdao on 12 November 2025. Before formal discussions even began, the company opened the doors to its intelligent manufacturing complex and hosted an extensive vehicle test drive programme. This hands-on introduction off… Read more…

Forland Global Partners Conference Drives a New Era for Commercial Vehicles

Forland Global Partners Conference Drives a New Era for Commercial Vehicles The 2026 FORLAND Global Partners Conference opened in China with a level of ambition that reflects the shifting expectations of the global commercial vehicle market. Held on 12 November 2025, the event gathered partners from five continents to examine how the next phase of … Read more…

Samsara Reimagining Fleet Intelligence for a Complex World

Samsara Reimagining Fleet Intelligence for a Complex World Samsara has raised the bar once again at Go Beyond London 2025, unveiling a suite of innovations designed to transform compliance, safety, navigation, and workforce protection for commercial fleets across Europe and North America. With Smart Compliance, Weather Intelligence, the Samsara Avatar, and a strategic partnership with … Read more…

Reinventing Electric Bus Design Through Lightweight Engineering

Reinventing Electric Bus Design Through Lightweight Engineering With the global shift toward greener transport, the automotive industry is under growing pressure to reduce energy consumption while improving performance. Nowhere is this challenge more pressing than in the design of new-energy vehicles, where every kilogram saved translates to measurable gains in efficiency and range. Electric buses… Read more…

Schneider Fast Track Redefines High-Speed Intermodal for Time-Critical Freight

Schneider Fast Track Redefines High-Speed Intermodal for Time-Critical Freight Shippers handling time-sensitive goods have long juggled the tension between cost, capacity and consistency. Schneider National, Inc., a leading multimodal transportation and logistics provider, has stepped into this space with Fast Track, a premium intermodal service engineered for freight that refuses to wait. The off… Read more…

Traffic Priority Tech Transforms Fleet Efficiency for Smarter Freight

Traffic Priority Tech Transforms Fleet Efficiency for Smarter Freight Freight movement sits at the beating heart of modern economies, yet urban congestion continues to create bottlenecks that drain time, money, and fuel. Applied Information and Geotab have joined forces to tackle this enduring challenge with a smart freight signal priority solution designed to keep commercial … Read more…

EBRD and EU Back Electric Inter‑City Bus Revolution in Egypt

EBRD and EU Back Electric Inter‑City Bus Revolution in Egypt Egypt is gearing up for a cleaner, smarter and more inclusive mobility future as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) join forces to support the country’s first inter‑city electric bus fleet. With a €10.6 million loan extended to … Read more…

Grounded Unveils a New Era of Modular Emergency Command Centre EVs

Grounded Unveils a New Era of Modular Emergency Command Centre EVs When emergencies strike, communities rarely get second chances. Whether it is a coastal storm threatening thousands, a wildfire roaring through rural terrain or a public health team delivering critical outreach, mobility and resilience decide who gets help and when. Grounded, the Detroit-based electric vehicle innovator … Read more…

The Impact of Heavy Electric Trucks on New York City Roads

The Impact of Heavy Electric Trucks on New York City Roads New York City’s ageing bridges and roadways are bracing for an unexpected consequence of clean transport. As electric freight trucks roll out to replace diesel fleets, their massive battery packs could bring a new kind of strain to the city’s infrastructure. A new study … Read more…

Hyundai Drives Hydrogen Future with US Expansion of XCIENT Fuel Cell Trucks

Hyundai Drives Hydrogen Future with US Expansion of XCIENT Fuel Cell Trucks Hyundai is charging full speed into North America’s clean logistics revolution, appointing Hyundai Translead as the official distributor of its XCIENT Fuel Cell Trucks. This strategic move signals a major leap forward in hydrogen-powered freight transport, giving customers across the continent direct access … Read more…

Safe Highways Start at the Loading Dock

Safe Highways Start at the Loading Dock The trucking industry is responsible for moving roughly 72 percent of all freight in the United States, which means the majority of consumer goods, food, construction materials, and retail products reach the public via a tractor-trailer traveling on highways. A large majority of those trailers begin their journey … Read more…

Why Vehicle Reliability Is More Important Than Ever in Global Supply Chains

Why Vehicle Reliability Is More Important Than Ever in Global Supply Chains The Role of Vehicles in Global Supply Chains Transportation is the backbone of modern commerce, with millions of vehicles transporting goods across continents every day. Without dependable trucks, vans, and specialty vehicles, supply chains would grind to a halt. Every link in the … Read more…

Fleet Management is the Engine of Construction’s Digital Future

Fleet Management is the Engine of Construction’s Digital Future In today’s fast-moving world of off-highway construction, fleet management has quietly emerged as one of the most critical factors shaping the industry’s future. It may not command the same spotlight as autonomous driving or generative AI, yet it is increasingly recognised as the foundation upon which … Read more…

Netradyne Expands Driver•i AI Safety and Fleet Performance to Japan

Netradyne Expands Driver•i AI Safety and Fleet Performance to Japan Netradyne, a recognised leader in AI-powered fleet safety and performance solutions, has taken a significant leap forward by launching its flagship Driver•i platform in Japan. This move cements the company’s international growth strategy, adding Japan to its roster of active markets that already includes North … Read more…

Hydrogen Catalyst Breakthrough Could Power Heavy-Duty Fuel-Cell Vehicles

Hydrogen Catalyst Breakthrough Could Power Heavy-Duty Fuel-Cell Vehicles Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have unveiled a new recipe for catalysts that could revolutionise hydrogen fuel-cell technology. Published in Nature Communications, the findings promise more durable, efficient fuel cells, a vital breakthrough for powering heavy-duty vehicles such a… Read more…

Medical Waste & Infectious Substances Transportation

Medical Waste & Infectious Substances Transportation An Overview of Best Practices and Regulatory Requirements Handling, disposing, and transporting medical waste and infectious substances safely is vitally important. Not only do these processes protect public health, but they also prevent environmental contamination and ensure legal compliance. This article draws on guidance from MCF Environm… Read more…

Webfleet to Showcase Sustainable Fleet Insights at Cenex Expo and EV Rally

Webfleet to Showcase Sustainable Fleet Insights at Cenex Expo and EV Rally Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally recognised fleet management solution, is set to make a major impact at Cenex Expo 2025, the UK’s premier event for low-carbon and connected mobility. Not only will the company unveil its latest digital fleet innovations, but it will also take … Read more…

Mastering Cargo Security: Why Chain Binders Are a Trucker’s Best Friend in 2025

Mastering Cargo Security: Why Chain Binders Are a Trucker’s Best Friend in 2025 In the world of freight transportation, the one constant is the importance of secure cargo. Whether it’s a flatbed loaded with construction materials or a trailer hauling heavy machinery across state lines, the difference between a successful haul and a disastrous one … Read more…

Texas Welcomes ASI as Automation Leader Accelerates US Growth

Texas Welcomes ASI as Automation Leader Accelerates US Growth Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), the globally recognised leader in industrial vehicle automation, has officially expanded its US operations into the heart of Texas. Marking the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 30 July, ASI unveiled its brand-new facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, staking a … Read more…

FORLAND Expands into South East Asia with 260 Truck Order from the Philippines

FORLAND Expands into South East Asia with 260 Truck Order from the Philippines ChinaTruck.org broke the exciting news about FORLAND, who has taken a bold step in its Southeast Asian growth journey with the delivery of 260 light and mini trucks to the Philippines. This move, made official through a high-profile handover ceremony in Angeles … Read more…