The company has three factories in Japan, the Kawasaki Plant, which produces trucks and industrial engines, the Nakatsu Plant, which manufactures transmissions and the Toyama City Plant, where Fuso buses are produced.

The new 10,000-square-metre production facility in Lahti will double the company’s production capacity in Europe in order to meet the growing demand for its EV chargers.

Chief Financial Officer Craig Webster cited unfavourable market conditions, “including interest rates doubling in the last year”, as the motivating factor behind the decision.

Libreparts now has 21 outlets throughout Brazil.

The company has announced it is set to receive a USD 283 million cash injection after a merger with New York-based special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp.

An unnamed French customer has taken delivery of the first Type IV* hydrogen storage systems to roll off the production lines at Forvia’s new French factory in Allenjoie.

This follows on from the new partnership agreement announced in December between VW Argentina and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda (VWCO).

The Randon Technological Centre occupies an area of more than 90 hectares in Farroupilha, in the south of Brazil. With 15 kilometres of test field, more than 20 types of tracks and a 2,200 m² building with laboratories, engineering, and administration offices.

The biomethane bus trial in Londrina is the third demonstration by Compagas and Scania in 2023; the first being in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, and then in the capital city of Curitiba.

First Bus will convert the York depot by installing new electric charging infrastructure provided by Heliox.

The Volvo FM Electric model is the first demonstration model; a tractor unit with an output of up to 490kW (660hp) and a total combined vehicle gross weight of up to 44 tonnes.

At Zaragoza, Schmitz will build ‘S.CS’ curtainsiders, ‘S.KO’ dry freight semi-trailers, and reefers for customers primarily in Spain, Portugal, France, and North Africa.