Category: Engines & Drivetrains

The Shyft Group to Merge with Aebi Schmidt Group to Create A Specialty Vehicles Leader

The Shyft Group to Merge with Aebi Schmidt Group to Create A Specialty Vehicles Leader

| December 16, 2024

Highly Complementary Portfolios Create Opportunities to Better Serve Customers and Drive Competitive Growth The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) (“Shyft”), and Aebi Schmidt Group (“Aebi Schmidt”), announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger to create a leading specialty vehicles company positioned for outsized growth. Under the terms of the agreement, each outstanding share […]

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ICF Launches Utility Electrification Technology Platform

ICF Launches Utility Electrification Technology Platform

| December 15, 2024

Central Hudson Will Deploy PowerGuide® to Help Customers Identify Fleet Electrification Opportunities and Streamline Planning ICF global consulting and technology services provider, announced the launch of PowerGuide®, a cloud-based customer engagement, education and analytics platform that provides utilities and their customers real-time insights on the costs and benefits of fleet electrification, as well as implementation services.  […]

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Volvo Financial Services Drives QCD’s Expansion of Zero-Tailpipe Emission Volvo VNR Electric Fleet with Innovative Financing Solutions 

Volvo Financial Services Drives QCD’s Expansion of Zero-Tailpipe Emission Volvo VNR Electric Fleet with Innovative Financing Solutions 

| December 15, 2024

QCD operates a fleet of 700 Class 8 tractors, more than half of which are Volvo VNR and VNL models Volvo Trucks North America, Volvo Financial Services (VFS), and Quality Custom Distribution Services LLC (QCD) — a Golden State Foods LLC company — have collaborated on the largest deployment of Volvo VNR Electric trucks to date […]

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Avangrid Continues to Electrify its Utility Fleet, To Significantly Grow Use of Hybrid Trucks

Avangrid Continues to Electrify its Utility Fleet, To Significantly Grow Use of Hybrid Trucks

| December 11, 2024

“Hybrid vehicles will also improve the health and safety of our employees and the communities we serve, while preserving Avangrid’s ability to respond to emergencies in our service area and beyond.” Avangrid, Inc. sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, will be purchasing over 130 new hybrid bucket trucks over the next three […]

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Fleet Services Joins the CTTP Family of Companies

Fleet Services Joins the CTTP Family of Companies

| December 11, 2024

Fleet Services offers a broad selection of aftermarket products across 400+ brands Commercial Truck and Trailer Parts (“CTTP”), a national distributor of aftermarket parts for the U.S. heavy-duty truck industries has partnered with Fleet Services to expand the CTTP Family of Companies and provide a physical footprint in the Southern California region. Fleet Services Inc., founded in […]

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First Blue Arc™ Class 4 EV Trucks Ship

First Blue Arc™ Class 4 EV Trucks Ship

| December 10, 2024

Blue Arc ships its first Class 4 EV trucks, the result of three years of innovation, testing, and collaboration to deliver commercial-grade electrified fleet solutions The Shyft Group, Inc specialty vehicle manufacturing, assembly, and upfit for the commercial, retail, and service specialty vehicle markets, announced the first shipments of its Blue Arc™ Class 4 EV […]

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