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MAN accelerating production of heavy-duty e-trucks, presents near-production prototype

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MAN Truck & Bus is accelerating the production of heavy-duty e-trucks in Munich to as early as the beginning of 2024 with prompt delivery of an initial 200 units. MAN began building up its own expertise in the assembly of battery packs as early as spring 2021. This is almost a year earlier than originally planned.

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Over 25 Tesla Cybertrucks spotted at Giga Texas ahead of delivery event

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Over 25 Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted at the automaker’s Gigafactory in Texas, ahead of the delivery event later this week. Drone pilot and Giga Texas observer Jeff Roberts spotted the Cybertrucks on Monday ahead of the Thursday delivery event.

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Tesla rolls out Cybertruck delivery event invites through referral program

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If Tesla’s updates to its referral program are any indication, it would appear that the Tesla Cybertruck’s official delivery event is coming soon. The Cybertruck is arguably the most highly-anticipated vehicle from Tesla so far, with CEO Elon Musk noting that it is likely the company’s “best product ever.” Event date to be announced.”

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ELMS and Thermo King partner to build all-electric refrigerated delivery van prototype

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ELMS) ( earlier post ) and Thermo King, a strategic brand of Trane Technologies plc, plan to build an all-electric refrigerated delivery van. The prototype will also be on display at International Food Distributors Association’s annual events. To meet the growing demands for sustainable delivery solutions, Electric Last Mile, Inc.

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Tesla Giga Berlin gathers its Model Y fleet ahead of next week’s delivery event

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Tesla appears to be busy with the final preparations for Gigafactory Berlin’s Model Y delivery event next week, with the company now gathering more of the all-electric crossover in the facility’s premises. More importantly, more production Model Ys are now being gathered on Giga Berlin’s Northern Logistics Area.

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Daimler, partners building next-gen additive manufacturing process pilot production line for spare parts

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NextGenAM partners Premium AEROTEC, EOS and Daimler are building a pilot production line for a next-generation automated additive manufacturing (AM) process. A driverless transport system and robots ensure the smooth movement of the parts through every stage of the production line. —Dr Adrian Keppler, CEO of EOS.

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Conversion of Volkswagen Emden plant for EV production underway

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Volkswagen has begun conversion of its Emden, Germany plant to support the production of Evs; the first electric cars are to roll off the production line there from 2022. With the conversion of our plant at Emden into a production location for electric vehicles, Volkswagen is forcing the pace of system change.