Specialty truck builder, Mack Trucks – has announced a USD13m investment in a new assembly facility in its Roanoke Valley Operations specifically dedicated to assemble the new model range.

WABCO India Ltd has signed a development agreement with Oy Tamware Ab for the design and development of bus doors for the Indian commercial vehicle market.

Iveco SpA is now producing Eurocargo 'Glider' chassis in its Brescia factory, as part of a collaboration with UK-based electric drivetrain specialist, Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

Irizar e-mobility sl, the dedicated electric mobility division of Irizar S Coop has announced it is the first green energy electromobility factory in Europe with the opening and commissioning of the largest photovoltaic solar farm in the Basque Country.

Electric power conversion specialist, Equipmake Ltd has opened a factory in Snetterton where it plans to design and manufacture fully-integrated electric bus chassis for an increasingly international customer base.

Energy management specialist, ABB, has opened a battery energy storage manufacturing plant in Baden designed for storing electrical energy for charging electric trucks, electric buses and trolleybuses as well as electric and hybrid locomotives.

Last year Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus announced plans to allocate BRA110m million (USD27m) to make the necessary adjustments at its Resende (RJ) plant to tailor its production lines to begin assembling electric trucks as soon as 2020.

Daimler Buses has announced it is restructuring its touring coach business in the USA and Canada.

Transport company, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein has ordered 17 MAN Lion’s City E buses – this is one of two tendered lots and is the first commercial order to be announced by MAN.

BYD North America Inc of Los Angeles says its dedicated electric bus plant in Lancaster which operates under the name of BYD Coach & Bus Factory, has produced its 400th electric bus; this was its 60-foot articulated K11M model built for the Los Angeles World Airports, which forms part of a 20 unit bus order.

The Mercedes-Benz Vans Dusseldorf plant started series production of the full electric Sprinter on December 12.

The Competence Center for Emission-Free Mobility has now been the pilot factory for vehicles with alternative drive systems for 25 years, the automotive giant, Daimler AG, announced last month.