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Daimler Truck subsidiary Mitsubishi Fuso Bus and Truck Corp. just launched their next-generation eCanter electric box truck in Hong Kong. It’s the first release of a new-generation Fuso in the Asian market outside of Japan. Mitsubishi Fuso left the US market in 2020, but before it did the company spent the better part of two decades at or near the top of the American medium-duty box truck market. In Europe, Indonesia, Taiwan, and New Zealand, the company has continued to put together solid sales, and…

Battery swap startup Ample looks to accelerate the electrification of last-mile delivery vehicles – particularly those from Mitsubishi Fuso. The two companies announced a new global partnership this morning in which Ample will implement its EV battery swap technology on Mitsubishi Fuso trucks to sell to fleets around the world. Ample is a California-based startup that continues to chip away at its ambitious goal of helping put 1 billion electric vehicles on roads around the world. The startup’s particular…

A cyclist passes a logo of German car company Daimler in Berlin on April 8, 2009. German truck maker Daimler, Japan’s top automaker Toyota and two other automakers said Tuesday, May 30, 2023, they will work together on new technologies, including use of hydrogen fuel, to help fight climate change. Credit: AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File German truck maker Daimler, Japan's top automaker Toyota and two other automakers said…

Back in early 2021, Nissan showed a fascinating vision for an expandable mobile office van meant to help work-from-homers escape into nature for a different remote work experience. Fuso now elevates that idea with the NomadPro Canter, a conceptual big rig mobile office that lets the outdoors pour inside. Unlike Nissan's concept, the NomadPro is also a more proper RV, complete with the overnight accommodations, mini-kitchen and shower room necessary to support multi-day business road trips ... or RV trips with a side of…

Last year BOOM Studios debuted House of Slaughter, a spinoff series of the smash-hit and critically acclaimed horror series Something is Killing the Children, from writers James Tynion IV & Tate Brombal and artists Werther Dell’Edera & Chris Shehan. Today the publisher announced the launch of a new storyline this January with issue #11 that will see original writer Tate Brombal return to the series. The creative will also include highly acclaimed artist Antonio Fuso (Stargazer), colorist Miquel Muerto, with…

Daimler Truck unit Fuso launched the redesigned eCanter for Europe at IAA Transportation 2022. There are around 450 in daily use in Europe, Japan and the United States, as well as in Australia and New Zealand and the global fleet has now run 6m km. While the first generation electric truck was available only as a 7.49-tonner with a wheelbase of 3,400mm, G” customers are offered six wheelbases between 2,500 and 4,750…