Ford Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan, USA and SK Innovation Inc, of Seoul, South Korea, part of SK Energy, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint venture company – to be called BlueOvalSK – to manufacture battery cells in the USA.

Soon after the announcement by Irizar eMobility it had started series production of the Irizar ie Truck in Aduna, Spain, the electric mobility division of the Irizar Group announced it would be adding a modified electric truck model specifically tailored for the Swiss market.

Hydrogen fuel cell, truck and bus builder, Hyzon Motors has taken an order for 70 hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy-duty trucks from Austrian grocery store chain with almost 300 locations.

Stuttgart-based Robert Bosch is to fulfil a major order for electric air compressors with integrated power electronics from cellcentric, the joint venture between Daimler and Volvo.

E-mobility company, Quantron and hydrogen specialist, H2Go have joined forces to pool their knowledge and expertise to offer hydrogen-powered mobility solutions.

DAFO Energy Storage Protection is participating in a project together with the Swedish electronic testing solutions company, Wireflow, to develop a system for battery cell testing.

In April, Toyota and Aeon agreed to expand further their collaboration to develop systems that would help improve the efficiency of Japan’s logistics industry.

Automated Mapping Platform (AMP) is a connected crowdsourced software platform supporting the creation, development and distribution of high definition (HD) maps―a key enabler for smart and safe automated mobility.

The Tokyo Zero-emission Innovation Bay aims to make the Tokyo Bay area the first zero-emission innovation hub in the world through the collaboration of many different locally-based companies and research institutions.

In March, Tatung signed a contract to supply electric drive systems to local commercial vehicle manufacturer, Tangeng Advanced Vehicles.

UD Trucks announced in April it had entered into a multi-year digital transformation and hybrid cloud contract with Indian information technology (IT) group, HCL Technologies to further accelerate its digital transformation. 

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd of New Delhi, one of India’s largest tyre manufacturers, says it has partnered with integral bus builder, JBM Auto Ltd1 of Gurugram (New Delhi) to supply radial tyres fitted with its smart tyres device for JBM’s CNG (JBM Citylife) and electric buses (JBM Ecolife).