Delivery of up to 50 XCIENT Fuel Cell electric heavy-duty trucks to customers in Switzerland by Hyundai Motor Company of Seoul, South Korea marks the first mass-produced fuel cell electric heavy trucks in South Korea for world markets.

Electric vehicle start up, Arrival Ltd has announced its first electric vehicle ‘Microfactory’ is to be built in the USA.

Alexander Dennis Ltd, part of NFI Group Inc, has delivered the first two Enviro500 tri-axle double deck buses from a potential initial batch of 198, which could further escalate to a requirement for 430 units under a framework agreement which was signed in October 2018 with Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe.

Hamburg-based Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH (40% owned by ZF) has commissioned ZF Friedrichshafen AG to produce its next generation “ibeoNEXT” LiDAR system, including the systems’ electronic control unit.

FNM Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades is the name of a new electric truck maker in Brazil, which has contracted Agrale SA for vehicle assembly starting Q3/4, 2022.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems Europe, manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding and valve actuation systems, recently celebrated shipping its 50,000th engine brake manufactured from its European facility near Brno, which it opened a year ago in September 2019.

Europe’s second largest trailer builder, Krone Commercial Vehicle SE at a Covid-19-secure press conference last month announced some significant investments made in the past 18 months as well as a number to come in the next financial year.

Mack Defense, part of Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks, has relocated its headquarters from rented accommodation in Allentown to the Mack Customer Centre in the same city.

Suffolk-based refrigerated transport specialist, Hubbard Products Ltd, is planning to relocate to a new site in Ipswich.

Scania AB has launched its first series production range of electric trucks.  

Volvo Group’s American subsidiary, Mack Trucks Inc, is to commercialise the LR Electric, its dedicated refuse collection model equipped with a fully electric integrated Mack drivetrain.

Patrick Collignon, a former Volvo Group executive, has established Trova Commercial Vehicles Inc.