The educational tour will stop off at all 34 DAF Trucks’ truck sales and aftermarket services centres in the UK and Ireland, to deliver in-person, hands-on training for all staff.

This investment is aimed at enhancing its operational efficiency, preparing the facility to accommodate new components such as those for electric vehicles, and increasing physical capacity of the operation by some 50%.

The company opened its first lane for driverless trucks connecting Houston and Dallas, Texas. This is supported by its commercial vehicle trucking terminal launched in Palmer (South Texas) earlier this year.

The expansion project for hydrogen fuel storage tanks is set to take place in three phases. The first phase, which is scheduled for completion by the end of the year, will see a new 5,000 m2 production hall, bringing the overall production area to 16,000 m2.

ADL has rented a new warehouse near its Scarborough facility. This will allow more space to house parts and therefore increase production capacity to meet the growing demand for its Plaxton-brand of coaches.

Air Liquide said that in the initial phase of deployment, they hope to refuel 2,000 HDVs per day which will require roughly 150-tonnes of hydrogen. Currently, both companies are assessing the viability of the project.

Epsilon announced that it expects to break ground at a new 1.5 million-square-foot facility in 2024 with manufacturing beginning in 2026. Once at full capacity in 2031, the factory is to produce 50,000 tons of graphite anode per year.

As part of the GRIDSERVE-led ‘Electric Freightway’ project, Hitachi has been contracted to build 140 electric heavy-duty vehicle charging stations across 15 motorway charging sites and ten commercial depot charging locations across the UK. Furthermore, Hitachi will collect and manage data gathered from charging sessions to optimise charging, route planning and the battery health of HGVs over the next five years.

Employing 250 skilled workers, the centrally located facility will support the efficient production and distribution of complete BEV heavy-duty trucks for the North American market.

BYD debuted two new electric buses for the European market. These new buses joined two established BYD models on the stand: the BYD eBus B19 and the BYD eBus B15.

JBM Electric Vehicles unveiled two new e-buses designed for the European market. The company displayed its electric city bus (the Ecolife) and its luxury coach, Galaxy

Habas is a branch of a 67-year-old holding company that specialises in producing industrial gases. The holding company decided to invest in the automotive sector in 2021 and set up a bus-building arm of the corporation. The first port of call was establishing a factory in the Manisa Organised Industrial Zone, in Manisa, Turkey.