Bradley Osborne

China – The Auto Maintenance & Repair (AMR) Expo – an automotive aftermarket event co-organised by Messe Frankfurt – is not the kind of show that we would normally attend. This year's edition, held between 13-15 April across three halls in the Capital International Exhibition & Convention Center in Beijing, continued the show's growth trend since the COVID-19 pandemic, registering 23% more exhibitors (1,385) than in the year before. The bulk of the companies represented at the AMR expo are specialists in automotive maintenance, supplying testing and diagnostic tools and workshop equipment for servicing conventional and electric vehicles. However, AMR 2026 boasted a brand-new addition to the exhibitor list: a dedicated commercial vehicle zone, featuring four vehicle manufacturers and a programme of talks concerning the transportation of goods in China. The organisers' rationale for this expansion? Workshop owners need commercial vehicles to transport heavy tools and equipment; suitably, the vehicles on show were cab-chassis in the light and light-medium segments, upfitted with standard box bodies used in goods transportation in built-up areas of China.

The ‘Railgate 5500' is a rear tail lift that is operated by a non-hydraulic cylinder called ‘Beltdraulic'. Completely fluid-free, Beltdraulic uses a small electric motor to power elevator belts and bearings inside the cylinder, which in turn will lift the tailgate up or down. Rise Robotics allowed visitors to try out the tail lift for themselves to demonstrate its advantages over a hydraulically-powered system.

| By Bradley Osborne - 5th June 2026 USA – At the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, held between 4-7 May at the Las Vegas Convention

| By Bradley Osborne - 6th June 2026 Germany / Lithuania – MAN Truck & Bus SE , a subsidiary of Traton based in Munich, Bavaria, has

Workhorse says that, while its customer support will be offered under its name, the service will be led by specialists from InCharge Energy who have been trained on Workhorse's electric trucks, step vans, and buses. InCharge staff will act as the first port of call for enquiries, identifying the problem and passing the customer to a regional field technician, an authorised dealer, or the relevant third-party provider of the component or charger, depending on the nature of the issue.

| By Bradley Osborne - 8th June 2026 USA – At the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, held between 4-7 May at the Las Vegas Convention

Scania will invest in expanding the existing facility and adapting the assembly lines to allow for both combustion engine and electric trucks. Scania's entire truck range – designated as ‘P', ‘R', ‘G', ‘S', and ‘L' – can be assembled at Angers, with cabs and components shipped from Sweden.

Sweden – At the end of May, Scania AB , a subsidiary of Traton based in Södertälje, Sweden, launched sales of electric trucks with battery modules stored underneath the cab, freeing up chassis space while extending the vehicle range.

| By Bradley Osborne - 10th June 2026 USA – At the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, held between 4-7 May at the Las Vegas Convention

At its Investor Day on 21st May, held in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, the automotive corporation announced it will introduce eleven new commercial vehicles across the globe, albeit with a special focus on North and South America. In fact, some of the new models will be renewals of existing product lines. These include: