Daimler Truck is combining battery-electric drive and integrated autonomous driving technology in one semi-truck: the autonomous Freightliner eCascadia technology demonstrator. The company said the truck is based on a production battery electric Freightliner eCascadia and is equipped with Torc’s autonomous driving software and the latest Level 4 sensor and computing technology. This will eventually enable…

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 65,838 cars, up 27% compared to the same period last year, which the company said was primarily driven by its fully electric small SUV, the EX30, and a strong performance in Europe. The company’s electrified models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, grew 53% compared to the…

VinFast Auto launched Sony’s new online entertainment service, RIDEVU, on its VF 8 electric car model in the U.S. RIDEVU will be included as a complimentary service in the VF Connect Prime package, VinFast said. U.S. owners of the VF 8 who register for the service will receive access to RIDEVU with the over-the-air (OTA)…

Scranton, Iowa-based New Way Trucks, a refuse truck body manufacturer and Rochester, New York-based Hyzon, a hydrogen fuel cell technology developer and global supplier of zero-emission powertrains, showcased a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse truck at WasteExpo at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This debut in the U.S. market follows February’s announcement of a joint…

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) is expanding the use of electric trucks for logistics operations across multiple business units and regions, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan, and Saltillo, Mexico to transport components to manufacturing plants and parts distribution centers (PDCs). DTNA started integrating Freightliner…

In recently published findings from Cloud Theory’s Rick Wainschel, vice president of data science and analytics, changes in environmental regulatory requirements for the auto industry over the past six months have shifted focus from EVs and created a pathway for hybrid vehicles to gain more market share. These changes also shift power away from EV…

According to the latest data from JATO Dynamics for 28 European markets, Europe’s new car market struggled in the first three months of the year as persistently high inflation and interest rates led to a slowdown in demand. This data revealed year-on-year declines in registrations in 23 countries, with only 16 markets experiencing any growth…

Toyota said its new 2025 Toyota Camry is going to be exclusively hybrid. The 2025 Toyota Camry pairs the fifth-generation Toyota Hybrid System (THS 5) with a 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine and has a standard 225 net-combined horsepower on Front-Wheel Drive (FWD) and 232 HP on electronic on-demand All-Wheel Drive (AWD) equipped models. The Camry also…

Pirelli P Zero R and P Zero Trofeo RS have been chosen by Porsche for the restyling of the Taycan and will be the only tires available on the Taycan Turbo GT, the sportiest variant of the range. The first is designed for supercars’ everyday driving, while the second is a street-legal semi-slick tire, Pirelli…

GreenPower Motor Company launched a new utility vehicle designed for commercial fleets, the EV Star Utility Truck. This is GreenPower’s tenth truck body upfit solution manufactured by GP Truck Body. “The addition of the EV Star Utility Truck to GreenPower’s already robust all-electric commercial vehicle lineup offers…