Roughly 25,000 Daimler Truck employees have received a profit-sharing bonus of €6,300 and a one-time appreciation bonus of €1,000 after a successful first year of being independent of the Mercedes-Benz Group.

25,000 Daimler Truck employees score €7,300 bonus after successful Mercedes spin-off

German police officers were left astonished in the early hours of Friday morning when they spotted a box truck driving along the Prager Ring with a smaller lorry and a mid-sized car loaded onto its flatbed. After a check of the bizarre cargo stunt, the driver and the vehicles were handed over to local police, who will conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.

Driver of dangerous HGV load handed over to police

DB Schenker and hylane have made headlines by launching the first 40-ton HGV with hydrogen drive in Germany. The fuel cell lorry  is manufactured by Hyzon and is currently in daily operation between Cologne and Eupen, making DB Schenker the first logistics service provider in Germany to operate a fuel cell vehicle in the 40-ton class.

DB Schenker and hylane launch first 40-ton HGV with hydrogen drive in Germany

According to the German Press Agency, Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport has found that costs for Euro 7 classified HGVs could be €2,500-€4,000 higher than previously estimated by the EU Commission.

Euro 7 standard HGVs could cost €4,000 more than EU estimate, German Transport ministry warns

Air Liquide and TotalEnergies aim to deploy more than 100 hydrogen stations for heavy-duty vehicles on major European roads in the coming years. The two companies are creating a joint venture for this purpose.

More than 100 hydrogen filling stations for HGVs to be built in Europe by TotalEnergies

Container hotel accommodation provider Roatel opened its latest hotel in Saxony-Anhalt at the end of January and is launching another one in Schleswig-Holstein in the coming weeks, the company announced. Roatel also added that its European expansion is on the horizon in 2024.

Two new container hotels to open in Germany in coming weeks

Iveco is starting public road testing of its next generation highly automated HGVs in Germany. As a part of the public road testing, the truck manufacturer and its autonomous driving solutions provider partner Plus will collect road data to validate their autonomous truck’s operations and start designing the potential factory production.

Iveco’s highly automated HGV public road tests start in Germany this month

The first charging corridor for medium and heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe has been announced by bp pulse.

bp builds Europe’s first charging corridor for electric HGVs

German car parts manufacturer ZF has acquired intellic Germany, a Berlin-based advanced tachograph technology company with 20 employees. The move represents a significant step towards realizing ZF's ambitions to enable Transportation as a Service (TaaS).

German car parts manufacturer ZF acquires smart tachograph producer

H2 Mobility has opened Berlin's first hydrogen filling station where HGVs can refill.  The station will be used by the city's waste collection vehicles too.