Karsan is entering the Japanese market for the first time after signing a distribution agreement with ALTECH Co Ltd, to deliver its electric minibus (the 6-metre e-Jest) to Japanese consumers by the end of 2023.

Rakshana is a Muslim name which means Protect.

Ashok Leyland says it is a new platform, but it is in fact an upgrade of the existing ‘RE-AL’ platform to allow customers to exchange used vehicles with new.

BharatBenz is a brand name of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, which is fully supported by Daimler Truck AG

'FleetCare' will provide access to service specialists and training, mobile support, and provision of genuine OEM replacement parts for Hexagon Agility's natural gas fuel products.

Continental has agreed to provide the hardware for future iterations of the Aurora Driving Software (Aurora Driver), starting in 2027, dubbed as a “hardware-as-a-service” business relationship between the two companies.

Having displayed its product range in the USA at the recent Busworld North America event held in Detroit in February this year, T&BB caught up with James Fisher, Sales and Marketing Manager at Flettner Ventilator, for an exclusive interview regarding the company’s plans to expand into the American market and beyond.

The terminal deploys autonomous trucks transporting freight from Dallas to Houston (and vice versa) for its pilot customers which include FedEx and Uber freight.

UK operator, Westway, appoints Equipmake to convert its diesel coaches to electric power with its Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED).

The Lynx cameras are available through Geotab Order Now Marketplace software, which allows Geotab customers to manage orders and delivery as well as after-sales support online.

Scheduled to go into operation in July 2023, the plant will be able to recycle up to 15,000 metric tons of battery materials a year and is currently undergoing a series of diagnostic tests using old batteries from different manufacturers to develop and refine the operational mechanism to discharge, dismember, recycle and shred the remaining battery material.

This will require the integration of wireless technology into new commercial vehicles released in the market in the future as well as the collaboration to shape the standardisation of wireless EV charging.