Bradley Osborne

Wells Fargo will provide a senior-secured revolving credit facility, allowing Orange EV to borrow as much as USD100m when it needs to. The company says that the money will be used to support working capital needs and growing its business, namely production of chargers and expansion of vehicle rentals and leasing.

| By Bradley Osborne - 3rd September 2026 Germany – One is guaranteed to receive an honest assessment of European industry from

Turkey / Austria – Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi AŞ (“Otokar”) of Sakarya, Turkey has deployed its first self-driving bus in Austria, initially in a pilot operation with the country's state-owned public transport operator, ÖBB Postbus

UK – Solomon Commercials Ltd of Haslingden, UK has unveiled a fully-electric refrigerated truck which it developed with Daimler Truck UK Ltd for zero-emission, multi-temperature transportation.

Based in Portland in the northwest United States, Truck Source also owns a location in Phoenix, Arizona, situated in the southwest. Wabash says that the addition of Truck Source to its dealer network expands its ability to support fleets operating along the Interstate 5 motorway – which runs along the west coast between Canada and Mexico – and in the area of Phoenix, which is experiencing significant growth as a transportation and logistics centre, according to Wabash.

– A consortium of trailer manufacturers is lobbying the American government to take action against imported box van trailers from Canada, Mexico, and China, alleging that these products are flooding the market and putting domestic manufacturing at risk.

USA – The California Energy Commission announced in August that it will provide a further USD95m towards the construction of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure in the state of California, including electric charging for commercial vehicles and hydrogen fuel stations.

| By Bradley Osborne - 9th September 2026 Sweden / USA – Swedish tech company Einride AB announced in August that it will deploy

Germany – Following on from the announcement that it would invest EUR300m in its European service network MAN Truck & Bus SE – a subsidiary of Traton based in Munich, Bavaria – has secured a commitment of EUR400m from its sales and service partners, meaning that EUR700m in total will be invested in the company's aftermarket business to 2030.

APM Terminals , a Dutch port operating company and subsidiary of Maersk , has ordered 96 electric terminal tractors from Orange EV along with 34 electric rubber-tired gantry cranes from Konecranes . These vehicles will operate in the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the busiest container terminal on the east coast of the United States.