ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ashok Leyland Ltd to conduct trials of Hitachi ABB’s electric bus flash charging system, the first of which will take place on the University campus at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Germany’s Daimler AG, has opened a new Global Capability Centre in Perungudi.

Aachen-based powertrain developer, FEV Europe GmbH claims weight reduction remains a primary focus for vehicles to achieve lower CO2 emissions.

Yutong, together with its joint venture project partner, autonomous driving technology start-up, WeRide, has announced the companies are to deliver 200 of mini Robobus autonomous passenger transport vehicles for operations in a dedicated zone or area within Zhengzhou in the first half of 2021.

Daimler Trucks AG, Iveco SpA and the Volvo Group have committed to work alongside Austrian oil company, OMV and Dutch firm, Shell New Energies NL BV under a new EU initiative called H2Accelerate, to help create conditions for mass-market roll-out of hydrogen trucks in Europe.

A 12m Caetano H2.City Gold, built by Caetano bus in Gaia and powered by a Toyota hydrogen fuel cell, is now operating on different routes for the regional public transport company, Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH in Cologne.

October saw two BYD electric city buses start research trials in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil’s oldest city, on a 13.2km route between Pirajá Metro Station and São João Island.

CV manufacturer, Scania AB, is investing EUR15.5m in a new battery laboratory at its research and development facilities in the grounds of its headquarters in Södertälje.

The Hankook Technodome, the new state-of-the-art R&D centre installed by Hankook Tire at its primary tyre manufacturing  plant in Daejeon, has received the “Certification of Exemplary Laboratories in Safety Management” award by the Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology in South Korea.

Cummins Inc and Navistar International Corporation are to work together to develop a Class 8 truck powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

Westport Fuel Systems Inc has announced a follow-on contract for new product development work with its current European-based original equipment manufacturer partner to apply Westport HPDI 2.0 to an updated base engine platform.

Gainsborough-based emissions control specialist, Eminox Ltd is entering a project with Sheffield-based magnetic drive components manufacturer, Magnomatics to enable passenger transport vehicles to reduce their environmental impact when in operation.