CV builder, MAN Truck & Bus SE, operator Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg Holstein and automotive giant, Volkswagen AG are involved in a joint research project to evaluate the potential of ‘used’ or ‘second-life’ batteries as a way of storing electricity.

Scania AB has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Ivory Coast and SOTRA, the transportation company for the city of  Abidjan, to deliver 450 buses.

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.

WABCO Holdings Inc, a global supplier of braking control systems and other advanced technologies that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles, has opened a new Global Test Centre in Wroclaw, Poland.

A UK consortium led by autonomous systems provider, Fusion Processing Ltd, together with British bus builder, Alexander Dennis Ltd, one of the UK’s largest passenger transportation operators,  Stagecoach Plc, and three others, are to begin public trials of five autonomous diesel buses in Scotland starting in 2020.

Cummins’ Components business segment is to reveal the latest research on turbocharging undertaken in its extensive R&D centre at Cummins Turbo Technologies during the Supercharging Conference in Dresden this month.

UD Trucks Corporation has joined forces with Japanese logistics firm, Nippon Express, and Hokkaido-based agriculture cooperative, Hokuren, to bring autonomous driving technology to farm equipment.

With revenues forecast to reach EUR11.6m in 2019, this will represent growth of some 7.4% over EUR10.8m registered in 2018 at bus and coach premium quality windscreen specialist, Finn Lamex Safety Glass Oy.

ROI Cabmate, a new, intelligent, semi-active cab suspension claimed to positively impact safety, operator comfort, asset protection and driver retention has been developed by Link Manufacturing Ltd. 

Hella GmbH & Co. KgaA, specialist in automotive lighting and electronics, and the Fraunhofer Application Centre for Inorganic Phosphors are co-developing a prototype lighting system for the future, based on laser technology.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc alongside automated vehicle software provider, Perceptive Automata and customer, Dependable Highway Express, has unveiled a collaborative innovation project designed to strengthen safety capabilities for the trucking industry through automation.

Volvo Trucks’ electric, connected and autonomous vehicle, Vera – a cabless tractor unit, which was first seen at the IAA in Hanover - is to form part of an integrated solution to transport goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg.