Peterbilt Motors Company has delivered the first production Model 220EV to the Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services in Anchorage, Alaska.

GAZ has begun commercial production of the GAZelle NN, its latest generation of the GAZelle light truck range, with the NN being an abbreviation for Nizhny Novgorod, the city where the GAZ plant is located.

Thermo King has confirmed its trailer refrigeration unit manufacturing production line in Galway, Ireland, has been awarded the ISO 14064-1 (Carbon Neutrality) certification from the National Standards Authority of Ireland, the first in the country and one of the first in Europe.

Alexander Dennis has unveiled its first zero-emission, three-axle double deck bus through a virtual event at its Vehicle Innovation Centre in Anniston, Alabama.

Werlte-based trailer manufacturer, Krone, is now offering a new generation of Krone Dry Liners with improved quality as well as greater variety.

Knorr-Bremse recently celebrated the official start of production of its Recirculating Ball (RCB) Integral Power Steering (IPS) at its new plant in Chachoengsao, east of Bangkok, Thailand.

In March, Tatung signed a contract to supply electric drive systems to local commercial vehicle manufacturer, Tangeng Advanced Vehicles.

CEAT Ltd of Mumbai, a full range tyre manufacturer, says it plans to make an investment of USD164m (INR1200Cr) in financial year 2021-22 to expand production of its radial bus and truck tyres.

The assembly of KAMAZ-6282 electric buses has begun at the Sokolniki Tram Car Repair and Construction Plant (SVARZ) in Moscow, a facility owned by the city public transit organization, Mosgortrans, which has been converted partly to complete the manufacture of up to 500 buses a year.

Tyre manufacturer, Bridgestone Corporation of Tokyo, Japan has announced all of its European tyre plants, European R&D Centre and Proving Ground in Rome, Italy, its PCT plant in Lanklaar, Belgium, textile plant in Usansolo, Spain and its EMIA headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, are now powered by electricity from 100% renewable sources.

Peterbilt Motors Company of Denton, Texas, part of Paccar Inc, has launched a new range of medium-duty trucks, Model 535 and Model 536, designed for the Class 5/6 non-CDL (non-commercial driver-licence) lease and rental markets.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc of Greenboro, North Carolina, in announcing the supply of a Volvo VNR Electric to Quality Custom Distribution - the first zero-emission, battery-electric truck to be deployed in QCD’s fleet of more than 700 vehicles – has also announced production of the Class 8 electric truck slated to begin in early 2021 at the company’s New River Valley manufacturing plant in Dublin, Virginia.