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Volvo receives order for up to 1,000 electric trucks from Holcim

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Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell 1,000 electric trucks between now and 2030 to Holcim, one of the world’s largest building solution providers. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks; the first 130 trucks will be delivered in 2023 and 2024.

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Hyundai XCIENT fuel cell fleet in Switzerland logged 5M km in 2 years

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Hyundai Motor Company announced that its fleet of XCIENT Fuel Cell heavy-duty trucks in Switzerland has accumulated more than 5 million km in two years. XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks are operated in various fields, including logistics, manufacturing and retail fulfillment, in various key markets.

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Volkswagen presents all-electric ID. XTREME off-road concept car

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Treffen in Ticino, Switzerland, Volkswagen presented the ID. The fully electric concept car with all-wheel drive system is based on the ID.4 The roof carrier with additional LED lights and the completely closed aluminum underbody also equip the fully electric all-wheel drive vehicle for excursions away from paved roads.

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Leclanché introduces modular high-energy battery system for hybrid & fully electric trucks & buses

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Leclanché SA has developed a modular, all-in-one, high-performance battery system optimized for powering new and retrofit hybrid and fully electric commercial vehicles. The company’s 60 Ah cells and M2 modules are manufactured by Leclanché in Germany and Switzerland, respectively.

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QUANTRON introduces new CIZARIS 12m electric bus; BEV first, fuel cell model next year

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QUANTRON has unveiled its new 12m electric bus called CIZARIS. The new bus model in the Augsburg-based company’s bus portfolio will be launched as an all-electric version (CIZARIS 12 EV), followed in 2023 by a fuel cell drive (CIZARIS 12 H) that uses a largely identical powertrain.

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Mercedes-Benz eActros electric trucks moving to Rotterdam and The Hague

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After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Two vehicles will continue the operational testing with customers in the first test phase.

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Irizar to supply 15 electric buses and infrastructure to Swiss city of Schaffhausen; Rhine River hydropower

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Irizar has signed a contract for 15 zero emissions electric buses and charging infrastructure for Schaffhausen in Switzerland. Irizar was awarded the supply contract for the first line of electric buses for the city of Schaffhausen by public tender.

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