The partnership focuses on retail financing solutions for commercial and industrial vehicles, conducted through their joint venture, Transolver Finance Establecimiento Financiero de Crédito S.A. (Transolver Finance), in which Iveco Group holds a 49% stake.

Partnership will build a charging network across China for commercial vehicles

End-of-life batteries used to build charging network.

Focus on developing flexible refueling systems for cars and trucks.

Gonzalez will take up his role on 1 April, replacing Westport CEO Dan Sceli who leads the joint venture on an interim basis.

Methanol-hydrogen hybrid electric vehicles are also being developed for freezing temperatures.

JMCG, headquartered in Nanchang in China’s Jiangxi province, mainly operates in the commercial vehicle segment, producing a wide range of light-duty trucks and buses - including pickup trucks under the JMC brand.

Air Liquide has announced a significant renewable hydrogen project at TotalEnergies' La Mède biorefinery in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France. The EUR 80 million investment is expected to produce 25,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually by 2028.

James Taylor has taken over as General Manager (GM), Christy Roadknight is now the Deputy GM, and Genoveva Alba has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Westport said that it and its ‘Cespira’ joint venture with Volvo would “continue to collaborate” with Weichai.

Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, and with offices in Gothenburg, Sweden and Brescia, Italy, Cespira was formed by the two companies to commercialise Westport’s high-pressure direct injection technology.

A pilot production line has opened on-site, intending to scale up production throughout the decade. The joint venture aims to become a leading global manufacturer of fuel cells produced on a commercially viable scale to facilitate cost-effective vehicle and other applications and take a major step towards climate-neutral and sustainable transportation by 2050.