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Interview with Volvo Trucks President, Roger Alm; ICE also continues to make strides; How is the bus industrial landscape changing in Europe?


——— May 2nd, 2024


Welcome back to the Movin' Ahead weekly newsletter. We are covering Volvo Truck's vision, pushing electrification but not stopping there. Word of Roger Alm, Volvo Trucks President.


PLUS: If you want to change the course, you need to turn the helm over to the younger generation (Deutz Greenfield Award) and rely on a good helmsman (Daimler Buses and BMZ Poland). And, moving ahead does not just spell "alternative." Weichai and Bosch raise the bar for ICE efficiency ever higher: 53.09 percent

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Interview with Volvo Trucks President, Roger Alm. Volvo Trucks is a benchmark in medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrification. Nevertheless, the Swedish brand's overall strategy does not neglect…

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Daimler Buses and Polish battery systems expert BMZ Poland have entered into a strategic partnership for the development and supply of the next generation of e-bus batteries…

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"As awareness of Europe's eroding competitiveness reverberates across Europe's decision rooms, we must pick the fruit while it's ripe to avoid losing momentum."
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Sigrid De Vries, Director General at ACEA

ICE also continues to make strides, despite threatened bans in Europe and California. And it happens right in the sanctuary of battery technology, China. Weichai achieved 53.09% thermal efficiency for a Diesel Engine…

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Elon Musk has sacked the entire Supercharger development team, starting from its top managers

How is the bus industrial landscape changing in Europe? Body builders are experiencing a new golden age. The 'electric race' has shuffled the cards of a sector that has remained too tied to old


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Deutz Greenfield Award. The future begins today, even in the offhighway. Where to start, if. not with the players of tomorrow? Students and young researchers may submit their ideas…

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Also Siemens is running for megawatt charging. To drive further progress in the sustainable transformation of this high emitting transport sector, Siemens has introduced a prototype of the SICHARGE MCS…

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Moving ahead also means promoting AI. This is what Carraro Group, in Italy, is doing in collaboration with the University of Venice.

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The spread of hydrogen also comes through the web. Lhyfe is offering green hydrogen players the chance to coordinate their efforts on a unique digital platform to consolidate and accelerate the…

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