Volvo Trucks has introduced a new range of electric heavy-duty vehicles with ranges of up to 700 km and megawatt charging capability. The FH Aero Electric for long-haul operations makes its debut, while the FH, FM and FMX models are updated with greater operational flexibility and payload capacity.

A 59-year-old lorry driver crashed into a stationary ambulance in traffic on Italy’s A1 motorway on 4 August 2025, killing three people. Eight months later, a judge in Arezzo approved a plea bargain sentencing him to five years in prison: the driver had been filming videos for social media while driving. Debate is under way over whether to introduce specific penalties.

The Fassi Group has acquired 100% of Fascan International, its long-standing distributor in the United States, surpassing 50 million dollars in revenue in 2025 and strengthening its commercial network, services and direct presence in a strategic lifting market.

A three-way alliance has been formed to create an electric road freight corridor between France and Morocco based on rapid battery swapping for heavy-duty vehicles. The project will begin with one hundred trucks supplied by China’s Chery.

Local assemblies of Italian haulage operators belonging to Unatras have expressed support for a strike in the road freight sector. Meanwhile, in Sicily a local stoppage on the loading and unloading of semi-trailers at ports will begin at midnight on 13 April.