by Stefan Kohl | Aug 9, 2023 | Topstory, Trends & Technology
Logistics professionals in Germany take note: Until March 31, 2024, the German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport, through the Federal Office for Mobility and Logistics, is still subsidizing the purchase of new, particularly rolling resistance-optimized...
by Kerstin Schmidtfrerick | Jul 28, 2023 | Allgemein, Topstory, Trends & Technology
Continental has factory fitted the complete tire family with latest-generation sensors. In the show truck at the roadshow, both the bus tires and the ContiConnect digital solutions are on board. The intelligent Conti Urban HA3, Conti UrbanScandinavia HA3+, and Conti...
by Stefan Kohl | Jul 12, 2023 | Topstory, Trends & Technology
Diesels are still humming on our roads: In 2022, 1,656 fully electric trucks were registered in the EU – out of just under 284,000 new registrations, a share of just half a percent. Again, half of these new e-vehicles are on the road in Germany – as part...
by Kerstin Schmidtfrerick | Jul 7, 2023 | Allgemein, Trends & Technology
World record! On the Contidrom, Continental’s test track, trucker Hans “Housi” Frei has set the range record for electric trucks: 1,099 kilometers on one charge! Also on the team: an e-truck from Designwerk’s sub brand Futuricum with...
by Tammy Schütz | Jun 28, 2023 | Topstory, Trends & Technology
Unfortunately, only partially utilized or completely empty cargo areas are a real thing in trucks, semitrailers, or trailers. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, there were over 150 million empty trips in Germany in 2020 alone. But empty loading areas...
by Stefan Kohl | Jun 21, 2023 | Topstory, Trends & Technology
The EU’s General Safety Regulation (GSR), which has been passed in 2019, aims to drastically reduce the number of accident victims by means of state-of-the-art safety technologies. This ranges from alcohol immobilizers and intelligent speed assistants to tire...