Mammoet develops retrofit kit to replace diesel engines in the vehicles with electric motors, with each SPMT working the same way as before once converted while becoming zero-emission
heavy commercial vehicles
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EMC inaugurates desert testing facility for Mercedes-Benz trucks
Emirates Motor Company, the Abu Dhabi distributor for Mercedes-Benz, launches a Mercedes-Benz Trucks engine endurance testing facility – one of only 11 such centres the globe
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Al Naboodah Group Enterprises relaunches DAF Trucks in UAE
Al Naboodah Group Enterprises officially announces its partnership with DAF Trucks and the relaunch of the Dutch truck brand in the UAE
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Nikola and Bosch develop hydrogen-electric long-haul truck
Nikola Motor Company and Bosch partner on the world’s first hydrogen-electric hybrid, long-haul heavy commercial vehicles, the Nikola One and Two
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Trukkin launches as GCC logistics app linking shippers and truckers
Saudi and UAE entrepreneurs have launched a cloud-based B2B platform called Trukkin to coordinate between shippers and truckers in the Middle East region and help streamline logistics solutions
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Volvo Group increases net sales by 12% in Q2 2017
Volvo Group increases its net sales to $10.6bn in Q2 2017, grew its adjusted operating income to $1bn for an operating margin of 9.7%, and saw at least one major sale in Saudi Arabia
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Dammam’s Al-Osais purchases 250 Volvo trucks despite slowdown
Al-Osais International Holding receives a mixed fleet of 250 Volvo FH and FMX trucks from Zahid Tractor in a surprisingly large-scale order given the current slowdown in heavy commercial vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia
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Daimler plans to power 160ha factory using only renewables by 2018
Daimler aims to have the very first commercial vehicle plant powered entirely by renewable energy by 2018, by installing solar arrays and purchasing green energy for its BharatBenz production facility
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MAN Truck balances sales slump in Saudi with buoyancy in Pakistan
As the prospects dwindle for a prompt recovery in the heavy commercial vehicles segment in the Gulf, MAN Truck & Bus Middle East hunkers down, while laying the groundwork for expansion overseas
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Mercedes-Benz delivers 500 trucks to Brazilian energy company
Mercedes-Benz begins delivery of 524 off-road 6×4 versions of the Atego and Axor series trucks to RaÃzen, one of the three biggest Brazilian energy companies, mirroring recent successes in the Gulf