Damera, traditionally a bus and truck parts and services company has been the Canadian distributor of coaches built and supplied by fellow Turkish company, Temsa, since 2017.

According to the terms of the MoU, the two companies have promised to work together on electrification projects and research into improving electric vehicle safety and efficiency.

The programme - which covers servicing of Paccar MX engines, electrical systems, and braking and suspension systems - will provide students with nine factory-trained technician credentials, which Peterbilt claims will help fast-track them to careers at one of its North American dealerships.

ZF says it will launch series production of a new modular inverter architecture in 2025, which will contain silicon carbide components supplied by STMicroelectronics.

Customers will consult them on the best e-powertrain layout for their needs, considering factors such as: maximising use of the available space; optimising weight distribution and the vehicle’s total weight; optimising vehicle payload and power, based on the customer’s use case.

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.

BAE Systems will fit its new Gen3 electric power and propulsion system into three ElDorado Axess EVO-FC zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) buses to operate in Rochester, New York.

Costing GBP 100 million, the two-year demonstrator project of a one-megawatt SOEC system will be undertaken in 2024 at Bosch’s site in Stuttgart, with the aim of proving that the technology is both cost-effective and highly efficient in helping decarbonise industrial operations.

The new laboratories will be jointly managed by MAN and two institutes of higher education: the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and the Technical University of Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm (“Ohm”).

Chereau’s new Vacuum Insulated Panel technology that increases insulation by 20% for long-distance transportation compared with its previous panel technology and thereby decrease the use of fuel for refrigeration cooling. It also increases the range of refrigerated trailers with battery-powered electric units.

Schmitz Cargobull's Data Management Center will be integrated with Trimble Transportation’s own fleet management platform, meaning that operators can access all their vehicle data on one platform without needing to install additional hardware.

Slated for completion by 2026, the new battery system will utilise a new generation of battery cells (GEN4) to be developed by Blue Solutions and integrated by Forsee Power into its battery systems, with Bluebus then making use of this new lithium-ion NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt) battery in its 6 and 12-metre electric buses.