Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Thailand Co., a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corp., based in Tokyo, Japan, has added solar panels to the roof of its manufacturing facility in Chonburi.

Dutch electric bus builder Ebusco of Deurne, The Netherlands, has announced the opening of a new factory hall at its production facility in Deurne.

The site, expected to be completed in Q3 2022, will be the new home of e-mobility subsidiary Promech Technologies and will have room for manufacturing, R&D, and offices.

The hydrogen and synthetic fuels production company expects to produce 2,000 metric-tons of hydrogen at Californian hub; through partnership with Hyzon Motors, Raven SR plans to expand its waste-to-hydrogen process as far as Europe, Asia, and Australia.

The order is part of customer Champign-Urbana Mass Transit District's federal-supported project to produce its own hydrogen using energy generated by solar power.

The two companies plan to build the facility in an undisclosed metropolitan area of South Korea by 2024 for the manufacture of electrolysers and fuel cells.

The 2GW plant for the production of PEM electrolysers is expected to be completed by 2023.

EV automaker BrightDrop (a subsidiary of General Motors Corp.) of Detroit, Michigan, has announced completion of the first series production units of its EV600 light commercial vehicle.

The truck is fitted with an electric motor co-developed with Advanced Electric Machines and an optional fuel-cell range extender which increases the truck's range from 250 to 500 km.

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.