Together with the Terberg group and Terberg Environmental, Ros Roca opened a new facility at the Tàrrega site, expanding the total site area to 96,000 square metres.

Broshuis is a family-owned company specialising in the design and manufacture of trailers. The company produces semi-low trailers, low-bed trailers and flat-bed heavy-haul trailers.

The German supplier has reportedly hired nearly fifty new employees to work on a line that will produce high-voltage air conditioning compressors for electric vehicles.

Around GBP4m has been committed to a furlough scheme that will run for twenty-six weeks, 80% of which will be provided by the Scottish government in order to prevent bus bodybuilding being moved from Scotland to ADL’s site in Scarborough, England.

Valeo will use the new site to produce sensors and lidars for use in advanced driver assistance and self-driving systems, not only for the Chinese market but for global automotive customers.

Under the agreement, Otokar will assemble complete Mercedes-Benz Conecto city buses (both solo and articulated versions) at its Sakarya plant, with Daimler Buses supplying all major components and specific production equipment.

Ashok Leyland will invest up to IND300 crore (USD36m) in OHM Global Mobility; while the investment in VBCL is up to INR5.70 crore (USD0.69m) to further expand its manufacturing its bus body and coach manufacturing premises and annual capacities.

On 28 August, the company hosted an opening ceremony at the facility, which is located just 49 miles from downtown Los Angeles and now serves as its regional headquarters.

A second production line is being constructed with plans to raise output to 3,640 trucks a year.

The new plant will manufacture both conventional CNG/diesel and fully electric versions of the Enviro500, including the Enviro500EV, with an initial build rate of one bus per week.

The new production line, expected to become operational by the fourth quarter of this year, is being built mainly in response to the recent hikes in US import tariffs.

For an undisclosed sum, Lyten will acquire three sites from the bankrupt Northvolt concern: ‘Northvolt Ett’ in Skellefteå, ‘Northvolt Labs’ in Västeras (both in Sweden), and ‘Northvolt Drei’ in Germany.