MAN Truck & Bus is making the transition to electromobility in quick succession: after a construction period of just one year, the company is today celebrating the topping-out ceremony for the new building for the large-scale production of batteries for fully electric trucks and buses at its Nuremberg site. A few weeks after
IAA TRANSPORTATION 2024 officially kicked off in Hannover on Tuesday. The event was opened by Germany’s Federal Minister of Transport, Volker Wissing, Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil, Hannover’s Mayor Belit Onay, and VDA President Hildegard Müller. In her opening speech, Müller emphasized, “The automotive and commercial vehicle industry is driving transformation with
MAN Truck & Bus is significantly expanding the eTruck portfolio for its customers. The number of configurable eTruck variants has risen to over one million from the three customer combinations previously defined. The new chassis versions of the eTGX and eTGS can be highly customised with a variety of wheelbases, cab versions, engine
MAN Truck & Bus is expanding its global logistics centre in Salzgitter. The site will benefit from the growth in electrically powered vehicles and the resulting additional demand for components for electric vehicles – including batteries and battery parts. The ground-breaking ceremony took place together with MAN CEO Alexander Vlaskamp, MAN Board Member
MAN Truck & Bus and ABB E-mobility have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement. The aim of the strategic partnership is to work even more closely together, particularly in the area of development. Thomas Nickels, Senior Vice President Engineering at MAN, sees the cooperation as a speciality in the market: “Cooperation in the area
Following the successful electrification of vans and city buses, MAN Truck & Bus is now also launching sales of the new heavy MAN eTruck at the end of October. According to the company’s plans, this should already account for around 50 percent of MAN’s new vehicle registrations in the EU by 2030. But
After vans and city buses, commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus is now also putting its trucks under electric power. Sales of the new MAN eTruck will start on October 30, with the first units rolling out to selected customers in 2024. The in-house production of battery packs at MAN’s Nuremberg site
The commercial vehicle manufacturer trains in numerous promising professions at its German sites and defies the shortage of skilled workers. At the commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus, 528 new apprentices are starting the new training year in twelve occupations at the three large German production sites in Munich, Nuremberg and Salzgitter
Technology company ZF unveiled its self-developed thermal management system for electric vehicles at its annual Global Technology Day demonstration event. The new system not only offers a more compact design of the drive but can also increase the range of vehicles in winter by up to one third. In combination with an optimized
The recently launched REVAMP project aims to automate the process of assessing the condition of used vehicle batteries. With this knowledge, batteries are to be economically reconditioned for subsequent use in the vehicle (2nd-use) or for other purposes (2nd-life). A consortium of nine partners from industry and science is involved in the project,