As more of its drivetrain business moves to electrification, Meritor focuses on integrating recent acquisitions TransPower and AxleTech.
After making four investments totaling $12 million in electric truck systems supplier TransPower, Meritor is acquiring the rest of the company.
Add Werner Enterprises to the parade of companies testing battery-powered heavy-duty trucks in California.
Kenworth and Peterbilt will both put power electronics from Dana in their electric medium-duty trucks.
The urgency to get zero-emissions trucks into testing in climate-conscious California continues with Penske Truck Leasing’s purchase of a Kalmar Ottawa battery-electric model.
Greenhouse gas regulations are the sticks and incentives are the carrots in driving the heavy-duty truck and commercial vehicle industry to embrace electrification.
The project is part of the $50 million grant the Port of Long Beach received from the California Air Resources Board’s Zero and Near Zero Emission Freight Facility (ZANZEFF) program.
Meritor has made a strategic investment in TransPower, hoping to tap into the company’s full electric trucking solutions and integrated drive systems along with energy-storage subsystems.
