Hyundai Motor Company and Cummins Inc have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate jointly opportunities to develop and commercialize electric and fuel cell powertrains. 

On show at the low carbon vehicle event held by Cenex at the Millbrook Research & Testing Ground in Millbrook last month, was a fully electric low entry Agrale chassis with Toda bus body.

TVS Motor Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TVS Motor Co Ltd has signed definitive agreements to invest USD3.2m in Predictronics Corporation – a company that specialises in providing end-to-end predictive maintenance analytics solutions.

Daimler AG subsidiary, Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH and Beijing Electric Vehicle Co Ltd, have entered a development partnership, intending to establish second-life energy storage systems in China.

London-headquartered CNH Industrial N.V. is to enter into a strategic and exclusive Heavy-Duty Truck partnership with Nikola Corporation, to accelerate industry transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 / Heavy-Duty Trucks in North America and Europe through adoption of fuel-cell technology.

Cummins Inc has entered a multi-year partnership with the University of California San Diego and its battery validation lab to analyse viable business and technical approaches for the effective reuse and repurposing of electric vehicle batteries.

Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt GmbH, has acquired a licence from Busworld International CVBA to organise Busworld India in 2020.

Toyota Motor Corporation and BYD Company have signed an agreement for the joint development of battery electric vehicles.

Astana Motors in March this year it had begun to assemble Chinese buses from Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Co Ltd, according to Adilbek Gayev, the head of distribution for commercial vehicles at Astana at Busworld Central Asia in June. 

Lisle-based CV builder, Navistar Inc, has signed a service partnership agreement with Love’s Travel Stops, adding over 315 Love’s Truck Tire Care and Speedco locations and more than 1,000 technicians to the Navistar International service network.

The SAF-Holland Group, supplier of truck and trailer components, and the Humbaur Group's Kögel Trailer GmbH, have concluded a multi-year contract for the delivery of trailer axles and landing gears with an envisaged contract value in the low three-digit million range.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc alongside automated vehicle software provider, Perceptive Automata and customer, Dependable Highway Express, has unveiled a collaborative innovation project designed to strengthen safety capabilities for the trucking industry through automation.