Production of the Common Base Engine, a joint platform for diesel engines which will be employed in future vehicles manufactured by MAN, Scania, and Navistar, is slated to begin in 2024.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, has announced that it will adopt 100% renewable energy at most of its plants across Europe and Turkey. This is the first stage of the company’s multi-phase plan to use exclusively renewable energy across all its facilities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by the end of 2022.

Nikola Corporation of Phoenix, USA, and Iveco SpA, based in Turin, Italy (a subsidiary of CNH Industrial), have inaugurated a new 200 sq km manufacturing facility in the city of Ulm, Germany.

Volta Trucks signed a contract manufacturing agreement to produce the Volta Zero at the Steyr plant (formerly owned by MAN) from the end of 2022.

The 103,000 sq ft facility in Gilbert, Arizona will be primarily dedicated to the electrification of light- and medium-duty vehicles.

The German investment firm will take over MAN Truck & Bus Österreich, which will be renamed 'Steyr Automotive GmbH'.

Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, the electric vehicle subsidiary of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group – also widely known locally as Apple Inc’s main iPhone contract manufacturer, Foxconn – has announced a partnership with local energy company, North-Star International Company and bus operator, Kaohsiung Bus Company to develop a battery-powered bus transportation network.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), based in Kawasaki, Japan, said its truck plant in Tramagal, Portugal, would become  carbon neutral by 2022, well ahead of its plants in Japan which are expected to achieve this status by 2039 at the latest

The North American subsidiary created an assembly line dedicated to integrated dual fuel cell modules for use in heavy-duty trucks.

AKASOL opened Gigafactory 1 on 16 August, the largest such in Europe, in Darmstadt, Hesse.

Volvo Trucks plans to produce up to 15,000 FH, FM and FMX trucks at the JMC facility in Taiyuan from the end of 2022 onwards.

Alexander Denk, Vice President of Product Management, E-Mobility at Voith, speaks to Truck & Bus Builder about electric drive systems for heavy-duty battery-electric and fuel cell-electric vehicles.