The American company has also received letters of intent from USA Truck and Covenant Logistics to purchase up to an additional 150 trucks.

Panasonic OneConnect will be integrated with Tropos Motors' ABLE line of vehicles, providing a range of fleet management features.

The order was made as part of a state-sponsored project in Carinthia which seeks to foster the development of a hydrogen economy.

Meritor will supply the Foton-Daimler joint venture with custom versions of its long-haul tandem and rear-drive axles, to be fitted on tractor units for the Chinese market.

Heniff Transportation will lease 10 trucks on a 'fleet-as-a-service' basis, with 90 more units to follow upon successful deployment of the initial order.

The GPS navigation software will include a range prediction feature and a proprietary geocode system which assigns an identifying string of random words to 3m2 coordinates.

BAE Systems plc, headquartered in London and Farnborough, UK, has signed an agreement with Meritor Inc of Troy, Michigan, to jointly develop an integrated electric drivetrain for the commercial and defence sectors.

Loveland, Colorado-based electrification specialist Lightning eMotors Inc has announced it is now offering the Lightning eChassis for Class 4 and 5 commercial vehicles.

The two companies aim to mass-produce a series of hydrogen fuel-cell electric city buses for the South Korean market from 2023.

The Shyft Group subsidiary upfitted bodies to two E-Transit pilot vehicles which are currently being tested with customers in North America.

GILLIG LLC of Livermore, California, has announced a partnership with autonomous driving specialist Robotic Research, based in Clarksburg, Maryland. Under the agreement, the two firms will collaborate to bring advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and Level 4 autonomous driving technology to GILLIG transit buses in North America.

Marcopolo SA of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil has shipped a first batch of 109 urban buses, out of a total 472 units, to Scania West Africa Ltd of Accra, Ghana.