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A consortium called Escalate, with 37 members from 13 different countries around Europe is working to develop and build a number of pilot vehicles for a project aimed at producing the next generation of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
Five pilot vehicles are due to be built over the next three years as part of this €19 million project. One of these pilot vehicles is being built by Blackburn-based commercial vehicle manufacturer Electra.
Electra recently won funding from the Horizon Europe 2022 framework to build ‘a 40-tonne drawbar battery electric vehicle (BEV) capable of achieving 800km on a single charge’. Read more
Source: LOGISTICS MANAGER
