Mercedes-Benz Argentina, which built the first Mercedes-Benz plant to be located outside of Germany, has celebrated its 70th anniversary of vehicle manufacturing in the country.

Sumitomo Brazil will invest USD190m over the next five years to expand the production capacity of its factory in Fazenda Rio Grande, where it produces light commercial vehicle tyres.

When it opens in 2022, the 4,000 sq m plant will be dedicated to the production of the Intra series of air suspension systems for trucks and trailers.

The new facility in Rotterdam will produce 820,000 tonnes of biofuels (such as renewable diesel) for applications including heavy-duty transport per year.

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