London-headquartered CNH Industrial N.V. is to enter into a strategic and exclusive Heavy-Duty Truck partnership with Nikola Corporation, to accelerate industry transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 / Heavy-Duty Trucks in North America and Europe through adoption of fuel-cell technology.

Cummins Inc has entered a multi-year partnership with the University of California San Diego and its battery validation lab to analyse viable business and technical approaches for the effective reuse and repurposing of electric vehicle batteries.

Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt GmbH, has acquired a licence from Busworld International CVBA to organise Busworld India in 2020.

Toyota Motor Corporation and BYD Company have signed an agreement for the joint development of battery electric vehicles.

Astana Motors in March this year it had begun to assemble Chinese buses from Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Co Ltd, according to Adilbek Gayev, the head of distribution for commercial vehicles at Astana at Busworld Central Asia in June. 

Lisle-based CV builder, Navistar Inc, has signed a service partnership agreement with Love’s Travel Stops, adding over 315 Love’s Truck Tire Care and Speedco locations and more than 1,000 technicians to the Navistar International service network.

The SAF-Holland Group, supplier of truck and trailer components, and the Humbaur Group's Kögel Trailer GmbH, have concluded a multi-year contract for the delivery of trailer axles and landing gears with an envisaged contract value in the low three-digit million range.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc alongside automated vehicle software provider, Perceptive Automata and customer, Dependable Highway Express, has unveiled a collaborative innovation project designed to strengthen safety capabilities for the trucking industry through automation.

Temsa SA, the bus, coach and light truck manufacturer, is seeking to expand its business area into Israel.

Charging station provider, Heliox Automotive BV and services provider conglomerate, Spie Group, have signed a service contract aimed at ensuring future co-operation with regards to providing installation, service and maintenance to Heliox’s charging infrastructure.

Scania AB has agreed with Zoomlion Concrete Machinery to deliver 170 vehicles for truck mounted pumps.

The Volvo Group has signed an agreement with software specialist, NVIDIA to jointly develop a decision-making system of autonomous commercial vehicles and machines.