The 327,000-sq-ft factory is now open and is producing not only batteries but drivetrains and other “ancillary equipment” such as high voltage junction boxes.

The new building covers a surface area of 10,000m2 in the immediate vicinity of the company’s main factory, providing greater storage space for the parts and components Solaris requires to assemble its buses and trolleybuses.

Production will continue at Cypress until the end of the second quarter of 2023, at which time Nikola hopes to bring battery production at its own facility in Coolidge, Arizona online.

Jonathon Wood will take over from Jim Fier, who retires at the end of March this year after 36 years at the company.

ACEA is now lobbying for an interim review of the proposed Euro VII emissions standards and will publish a revised proposal to these regulations early this year.

The manufacturing facility in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, is set to open in Q1, 2023. Ultra-high energy (UHE) battery packs (AKASystem AKM CYC) are to be built for supplying the markets in South America.

In terms of the transaction details, BorgWarner shareholders would own shares of both companies, with its completion set for late 2023, pending regulatory approval.

Sumitomo Rubber do Brasil Ltda has had a presence in Brazil for more than a decade - but manufacturing tyres for trucks only started in 2019.

Marcopolo prepares facilities to ramp up production of Attivi electric bus in response to anticipated rising demand in some Brazilian cities.

In the first phase of construction, ZF will build a 12,000-square-metre plant covering four product lines: advanced driver assistance systems, high performance computing, safety electronics, and chassis control.

To meet growing demand, BMZ has expanded its production capacity in Karlstein am Main, Germany, with investment in increased production line automation.

The company has long produced rubber dampers and decouplers and now extends its product offering with viscous dampers in India to serve the LCV and heavy-vehicle segments in India and other world markets.