All testing articles
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ArticleVolvo successfully completes crash testing on its battery electric trucks
Volvo Trucks has succesfully completed crash testing on its electric vehicles, the company has announced. “Volvo’s electric trucks have the same cabs as our traditional diesel trucks, which have been thoroughly tested to ensure they are crashworthy. The electric trucks also have the same advanced safety features that are ...
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ArticleAnother milestone for Tevva’s electric trucks in wind tunnel testing
Tevva has demonstrated its everlasting commitment to consumers by becoming one of the first electric truck manufacturers in the UK to put their vehicles through rigorous wind tunnel testing. Our engineers studied a scale model of the Tevva 7.5t battery electric truck (since the wind tunnel is designed to handle ...
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ArticleDaimler Truck conducts first altitude testing with fuel-cell truck crossing the Brenner Pass
The Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck prototype has successfully completed its first public high-altitude tests. During the week-long test runs, the Daimler vehicle engineers crossed the Brenner Pass with the fuel-cell semi-trailer truck carrying a normal load over the 120km route between Bolzano and Innsbruck. The test drives were conducted in Bolzano, ...
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ArticleFirst Hydrogen reveals its zero emission vans during performance tests
First Hydrogen has commenced performance testing of its fuel cell-powered vans (FCEV) for the first time at the Horiba Mira proving ground in the UK Midlands, where the vehicles are undergoing track-based performance trials.
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Article40-tonne eActros successfully crosses the Arlberg Pass in Tyrol in performance test
Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 tractor unit, which recently premiered at the IAA Transportation 2022, has successfully completed tests in the Tyrolean mountains.
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ArticleVolta Zero tested to hot weather extremes
Volta Trucks has completed rigorous hot weather testing on its full-electric 16-tonne Volta Zero, at the purpose-built Nardo Technical Centre in Southern Italy.
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ArticleCatenary powered electric trucks as part of the carbon zero fleet mix
David Cebon, the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at Cambridge University, conducted the first step of a government-funded feasibility study into a unique solution to batteries’ reduced energy density in the first half of the year
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ArticleTevva completes hot weather testing of its hydrogen electric trucks
Tevva, the hydrogen-electric truck OEM, has completed its hot weather and altitude testing programme in Spain’s Sierra Nevada. Successfully reaching 3,479 meters above sea level and working in extreme weather conditions, sometimes over 40 degrees, Tevva succeeded in proving that electric trucks are the unarguable choice. Over the course of ...