from a laboratory scale to field trials is the focus of the publicly funded project called “HoLa High-performance charging for long-haul trucking”. The project comprises 13 consortium partners and 8 associated partners, consisting of industrial companies and research institutes. Daimler Truck, Traton, MAN, Scania, and Volvo are responsible for providing and operating the vehicles. In the project, two MCS charging points will be set up, put i...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/19

llion tons of CO₂ per year with 10,000 e-trucks in long-distance transport, e-trucks are perceived as being half as loud as diesel trucks and thus contribute to lower noise emissions.   Dr. Zohm also pointed out the topic of infrastructure as a challenge which needs to be tackled by everyone.   TRATON Group, to which MAN belongs, has founded a company called milence together with Daimler Trucks and Volvo Trucks.   This company is working to ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/20

cs partners: FedEx, Werner, Schneider, Ryder, Hirshbach and Uber Freight   Plus did not show a robotruck as it did in earlier CES events but had meeting rooms in the nearby Renaissance hotel. Plus has multiple logistics partners including DSV, Hyundai Motor, Iveco, Scania/MAN/International of the Traton Group and Transurban.   May Mobility had a booth at CES 2025 and provided information on its progress and future plans as summarized in the ne...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/19

many brands and is structured as follows. VW Group Divisional Structure Automotive Division Financial Services Division Passenger Car Division Commercial Vehicle Division Power Engineering Division Core (Volkswagen, Škoda, SEAT/CUPRA, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Technology Components) TRATON MAN Energy Solutions Financing Division Group Mobility Other Progressive (Audi and others) Sport Luxury (Porsche) CARIAD (Software d...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/10

che from producing for their own users.   Under the above circumstances, commercial vehicle manufacturers will first convert to BEVs, and support for new fuels in regions other than specific regions with infrastructure will begin in the latter half of the 2020s or later.   The Volvo Group, the TRATON Group, and Daimler Truck are jointly making equal investments to develop charging infrastructure in a five-year plan starting in 2022. The CEOs...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/23

OEM Country Plant Product Ford UK Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd. (formerly Getrag Ford Transmission GmbH, Halewood Transmission Plant) Transaxles and other Electric power units (2024-planning) Porsche, VW Group Germany Porsche AG, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Plant Electric drive (2019-) MAN (TRATON), VW Group Germany MAN Truck & Bus, Nurnberg Plant e-Drive system (2024-planning) Volkswagen, VW Group Germany Volkswagen AG, Salzgitter Plan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/15

CO2-neutral transport in the future. “There will be an ongoing demand from our customers for efficient, reliable diesel vehicles for the foreseeable future which will enable them to provide their logistics services,” says a company spokesperson.   By contrast, the truck and bus manufacturer Traton, which owns the MAN and Scania brands among others, is moving more clearly in the direction of battery-electric trucks. According to Traton, th...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/07

2 to develop and manufacture the vehicles for American customers. The first prototypes are to be unveiled in 2023, and production is scheduled to start in 2026. The Scout brand will be built upon a new technical platform concept which brings new models beyond the existing VW Group portfolio. VW’s Traton subsidiary acquired U.S. truck maker Navistar in 2020, which owns the Scout name.   South America: Launching Polo Track developed for regio...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/11/10

d investment in the commercial vehicle transport industry.   Below are some selected companies that made a strong showing.   MAN Truck & Bus is one of the most recognizable companies in the commercial vehicle sector, with a global production and distribution network. The German company is part of TRATON SE and manufactures trucks, vans, buses, and engines.   The company has invested in the research and development of new technologies that will...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/10/26

) MAN occupied a large space inside Hall 12, showcasing a wide range of electrified and ICE commercial vehicles   MAN Truck & Bus is one of the most recognizable companies in the commercial vehicle sector, with a global production and distribution network. The German company is part of Traton SE and manufactures trucks, vans, buses and engines.   The company has invested in the research and development of new technologies that will ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/10/21

" as its motto, which shows the company's intention to contribute to road safety and the development of alternative drives, to the point that Volvo plans to achieve selling exclusively trucks with fuel-cell or battery-electric drive systems by 2040.   For this latter reason, Volvo, Daimler and the Traton Group have been working together in order to have 1,700 public truck charging stations built in Europe. In addition to that, Daimler Truck and ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/10/12

ations and plans to more than quadruple this number to around 7000 by 2025. MEGAWATT CHARGING FOR HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS   Considerable progress is also being made with the development of battery-electric drives for commercial vehicles. This is clear from the fact that truck manufacturers such as Traton no longer believe that fuel cells are the better alternative [6]. While HPC technology is sufficient for vans and light commercial vehicles, ne...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/09/30

nitially reserving the use of hydrogen for those areas of application that have the fewest technical and economic alternatives, such as industry and heavy goods transportation [8]. Similar thoughts are also being expressed by the automotive industry. For example, the commercial vehicle manufacturer Traton is of the opinion that hydrogen should be left to industries that are difficult to decarbonize, such as steelworks, and that the electrificatio...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/07/25

OEM Country Plant Product Ford UK Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd. (formerly Getrag Ford Transmission GmbH, Halewood Transmission Plant) Transaxles and other electric power units (2024-planning) Porsche, VW Group Germany Porsche AG, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Plant Electric drive (2019-) MAN (TRATON), VW Group Germany MAN Truck & Bus, Nurnberg Plant e-Drive system (2024-planning) Volkswagen, VW Group Germany Volkswagen AG, Salzgitter Plan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/06/23

e RAPID, OCTAVIA, KAROQ and KODIAQ. In Nizhny Novgorod, it produces three models the OCTAVIA, KAROQ and KODIAQ. The RAPID is produced at its Kaluga plant. Production at the Russian plants is still running, but the impact of possible disruptions to the supply chains is being continuously analyzed. Traton: Scania, MAN On March 7, the TRATON GROUP announced that its brands Scania and MAN Truck & Bus have decided to immediately stop the production ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/05/06

the Automotive Industry (VDA). The frequently discussed future scenario -using battery-electric commercial vehicles for regional  distribution and fuelcell trucks for long-distance and heavyduty transportation – is therefore becoming less clear. From the point of view of the truck manufacturer Traton – which owns companies such as MAN and Scania – battery-electric trucks will, in most cases, be the cheaper and more environmentally friend...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/04/04

Reducing production in Europe, China and the US due to semiconductor supply shortage Europe: VW misses CO2 fleet target, ordered to pay compensation in diesel lawsuit China: VW Group to produce 15 new energy vehicle (NEV) models locally by 2025 USA: Integrating R&D Center and Design Center, merging Traton and Navistar Ghana, West Africa: Constructing a new assembly plant Sales Forecast by LMC Automotive: VW’s light vehicle sales expected to be ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/02/19

l will be launched under SEAT’s high-performance Cupra brand. It will use the MEB platform. Adopting Dynamic Chassis Control (DCC), it accelerates from zero to 50 km/h in 2.9 seconds. Equipped with a 77 kWh battery, it offers a WLTP range of 500 km. It will be produced at the Zwickau Plant.   Traton truck and bus subsidiary to partner with Hino for electrification In October 2020, Traton SE, VW’s truck and bus subsidiary, and Hino Moto...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/02/01

ing debate on the climate crisis across society as a whole. At the German Logistics Conference held in late October 2019, the Chairman of Daimler Truck AG Martin Daum presented the company’s CO2 reduction plans, which include introducing a completely carbon-neutral fleet of new trucks by 2039.   Traton is moving in the same direction. The Traton brands MAN, Scania, and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus (VWCO) in Brazil are focusing on electric d...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/12/02

o Truck and Bus: The all-new SuperGreat is equipped with Level 2 autonomous driving technology UD Trucks: Roadmap for next-generation technologies “Fujin & Raijin: Vision 2030” Hino Motors: Promoting the early introduction of electrification and autonomous driving technology in partnership with TRATON Volvo Trucks: Field testing at port facility terminals using the “Vera” autonomous driving EV truck Scania: Launching trials of full-length...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/09/03