Thermo King Europe and BPW Group have announced a collaboration to develop a new economic and ecological refrigerated trailer solution using regenerated energy from the trailer axles while braking.

Daimler Truck AG through its subsidiary, Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co KG, says it is pushing hard towards series production of fuel cells.

Hankook Tire has announced it is partnering with Amazon Web Services, a division of Amazon Inc to incorporate more digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data within its operations.

Microvast GmbH - a subsidiary of fast charging traction battery producer, Microvast Inc - says it plans to build a battery and e-powertrain R&D/production plant in Ludwigsfelde for the EMEA market.

Specialty vehicle manufacturer, Spartan Motors Inc has concluded the sale of its Spartan Emergency Response business to commercial vehicle bodybuilder giant, REV Group Inc for USD55m.

Traton SE has offered to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock in Navistar International Corporation not already owned by Traton at a price of USD35 per share in cash; this represents a 45% premium over Navistar’s closing share price of USD24.11 on January 29, 2020 and a 19% premium over Navistar’s 90-day volume weighted average price of USD29.40.

Toyota Motor Corporation and its truck-making subsidiary, Hino Motors Ltd in March announced plans to jointly develop a fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck and to jointly push ahead with initiatives that will encourage the commercial adoption of hydrogen fuel-cell technologies, including verification tests and other initiatives.

Trailer and bodybuilder, Great Dane, has appointed the Velocity Vehicle Group as a full-service Great Dane dealer.

A collaboration between Cummins Inc and emission control software developer, Tula Technology Inc, has resulted in a technical demonstration of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire software in a Cummins X15 engine, which controls cylinder deactivation, and thereby achieving significant reductions in emissions and fuel consumption in Cummins’ diesel engine.

Truck and bus builder, Minsk Auto Plant based in the capital of Belarus has unveiled its first prototype of an electric bus, MAZ-303E10 featuring ZF’s central drive motor, CeTrax.

The first 40 foot Gillig battery electric buses have begun to be delivered to transit operators in the United States.

Traton SE and RISE, have announced they are collaborating  on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).