Following the revelation of the its Euro 6 compliant heavy truck, called F-Max, in April 2017, Ford Trucks of Kocaeli, Turkey, is moving forward with expanding its distribution base in Western Europe through the appointment of private and independently-owned distributors, which it hopes to complete by 2023.

Motor Coach Industries Inc has demonstrated the touring capability of its first battery low entry electric commuter coach, the MCI D45 CRTe Le Charge, for three days in conjunction with coach operator, Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus on regular routes in new Brunswick.

Six months on from when Wabco Holdings Inc made a three-year agreement with global innovation platform, Plug and Play, Wabco’s Global Head of Technology Scouting, Dr Gandert Van Raemdonck, has provided an update on the company’s progress of this recent collaboration.

Bus and coach builder, Irizar Group, has signed a collaboration agreement with Scania Deutschland GmbH to offer its Irizar-Scania range of coaches to the German market.

Global fuel and air management systems supplier, Stanadyne LLC and Liebherr-Component Technologies AG have formed a strategic partnership to supply, distribute and service diesel fuel injection systems for on- and off-road engines.

With more than 100 Bluebird Corporation buses now in operation with Cummins’ electric drivetrain in the USA and 65 buses on order with its transit bus builder partner, Gillig Corporation, and a number of key prospect electrification contracts in both the truck and bus segments on the horizon, the Cummins Electrified Power Business is expecting to ramp up its electrical drive systems over the coming months.

Fuel cell developer and electrochemical technology company, Ceres Power Holdings plc, reported strong half year results to December 31, 2019 with revenues and other income up 33.6% to GBP11m, reflecting strong progress on major contracts with Doosan, Bosch, Weichai and Miura Co.

2019 was a record year for bus and trolleybus builder, Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. with record sales revenues of PLN2.6bn (EUR572m) compared with PLN1.867bn (EUR410m) in 2018 and record unit sales of 1,487 (2018: 1,226).

Bruno Blim, president, Renault Trucks SAS, in a televised press conference last month, outlined the market performance of Renault Trucks and gave insights into how the company was investing to meet the challenges of the future.

Trailer manufacturer, Broshuis BV and Infor, a specialist industrial business cloud software provider, which have been working together on Broshuis digitisation strategy, announced it went live last month with Infor LN and Infor other production solutions aimed at providing a better response to the needs of its customers and to support a new manufacturing strategy.

Anadolu Isuzu Otomotiv Sanayi used last month’s edition of Busworld Turkey in Istanbul to announce its strategy to further increase its export business of its buses and coaches and trucks by expanding its presence to 60 countries over the next three years from 44 currently.

Following its acquisition of Italian parts supplier, V. Orlandi, SAF-Holland has expanded its product range with trailer couplings and drawbar eyes for different applications.