Li-Cycle Corporation which claims to be America’s largest capacity lithium-ion battery recycling company, in December announced its Spoke 2 facility at Eastman Business Park in Rochester, New York - a second li-ion battery recycling centre was now fully operational.

Omniplus is offering retrofit of the safety device, Sideguard Assist, on its Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses.

Temperature control specialist, Thermo King Trane Technologies Ltd, has introduced a new programme allowing UK and Irish hauliers to trade-in their used single-temperature trailer refrigeration units and upgrade to the new Advancer A-Series.

An Indian logistics start-up company, Infraprime Logistics Technologies Pvt Ltd is planning to invest USD200m in converting around 1,000 diesel tractors and trucks to operate with electric drivetrains within the next two years; claiming this will make it the largest electric commercial vehicle operating platform in India.

Gainsborough-based Eminox Ltd is to retrofit emissions control solutions to 205 buses operated by First Group (Scotland) enabling compliance ahead of the introduction of Low Emissions Zones in Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen between February 2022 and May 2022, and Phase 2 in Glasgow in 2023.

Following a successful four-month pilot programme of Volvo Trucks’ new Driver Display Activation application, Volvo Trucks North America Inc says the programme went into full production on November 30, 2020.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron has launched its new Fuel Max RSD tyre with enhanced fuel efficiency, mileage and traction for super-regional driving fleets.

Drinks company Ambevhas formalized agreement for delivery of the first 100 VWCO e-Delivery electric trucks from the second half of 2021.

ZF Group has introduced TX-FuelBot, a unique and innovative Big Data & Analytics-based predictive fuel management tool specifically designed to minimize fuel cost in commercial vehicle fleets.

Voith GmbH and e-truck manufacturer, Orten Electric-Trucks, have entered a strategic partnership to retrofit single deck, double deck and articulated buses, plus light or medium-duty trucks with electric drivelines.

Following the launch at Solutrans in November 2019, Jost-Werke GmbH has been rolling out an easy assemble ‘Plug & Play’ tyre inflation system with fast installation to reduce costs for truck operators.

Logistics software specialist, ABAX , has acquired RAM Track and Trace - a construction industry vehicle and equipment tracking specialist with offices in Belgium and The Netherlands.