The clients include Opex SAS, a Colombian systems integrator of batteries and hydrogen fuel cells and Avia Ingeniería y Diseño S.L, a Spanish electric powertrain manufacturer.

Modine will provide its suite of products under the ‘EVantage’ brand, which include thermal management systems for batteries and cooling systems for electronics.

A JV called Terberg Tractors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (TTM) of Puchong, Selangor, is testing an autonomous terminal tractor in a container terminal in Johor this month, using artificial intelligence (AI) and software supplied by Aidrivers Ltd of Uxbridge, UK.

The strategic partnership aims to build up expertise, process development and construct protypes of electric motors at Daimler’s Gaggenau technical centre for electric drive components.

Via Motors says it will share engineering expertise and best practices with Boss Capital subsidiary ‘AUSEV’, which will handle the remanufacture of Via Motors’ vehicles for the right-hand drive market.

Nauto's software is capable of accurately identifying collision risks and can recognise distractedness or drowsiness in drivers in real time; it employs sensors and alerts to warn the driver of potential risks.

The Caetano UNVI C21 electric bus is a new low-floor 12-metre urban electric bus featuring an electric chassis (e.chassis) from Caetano capable of fitting a battery capacity of up to 420 kWh and UNVI’s steel structured single deck body meeting EC rollover regulation (R66).

The German automotive systems supplier reports that “several thousand” trailers in DSA’s fleet will be equipped with TX-Trailerpulse, connecting them to its Transics-branded 'Fleet Management Solutions'.

Following its deal with Volvo Buses, Flix hopes to make the procurement of coaches easier and cheaper for its partners, who operate in over 30 European countries as well as in North and South America.

The two companies are working on a vehicle concept, called ‘Sixtron’, which will bring together Rampini’s line of ‘E60’ battery-electric buses and Perrone’s ‘TONY’ autonomous driving retrofit kit.

The aim of this network is to share data regarding EV batteries in line with new European regulation disclosing battery CO2 emissions and the resource recycling rate throughout battery lifecycles to comply with the necessary legislation, so that Japanese manufacturers can sell EVs and HEVs into European markets.

The two companies have pledged to continue developing autonomous driving technology in mining trucks, focusing on operations at Rio Tinto’s iron ore mine, called Channar mine, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.