By the end of the decade, Scania aims to use only 100% “green” batteries, steel, aluminium and cast iron in its vehicle and components production in Europe.

From November 2022 Scania Latin America Ltda oplans to place the Scania P280 gas-powered truck - designed specifically for operations in Brazil’s sugar cane segment - on the market as part of its strategy to offer low carbon solutions in Brazil.

The tyre manufacturer plans to plant up to 25,000 acres in the southwestern USA with guayule, a sustainable source of natural rubber.

The Used Parts Factory, a 3,000-square-metre plant situated within its Vénissieux site and close to its headquarters, will be used for dismantling end-of-life Renault Trucks vehicles.

Both German automotive corporations, which have both committed to ramping up production of electric vehicles before the end of the decade, are keen to establish secure and sustainable supply chains for their EV manufacturing operations.

Maxion Wheels has joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and ResponsibleSteel, not-for-profit organisations which aim to establish global standards and certification for the sustainable sourcing and production of aluminium and steel respectively.

Iveco Bus is already far ahead towards production of zero emission vehicles with its Rorthais plant in France fully dedicated to electrication of city buses.

Iveco Bus president lays out key bus market trends and how the company plans to expand into new markets of Central Asia.

The subsidiary of Daimler Truck has built and sold trucks and buses under the BharatBenz brand in India since 2012, achieving domestic sales of more than 125,000 units.

The South Korean tyre manufacturer showcased its new hot retreading space, which takes up around 2,000 square metres of the 15,000-square-metre site in Hammelburg

Faurecia to supply high-capacity carbon fibre hydrogen storage systems for Zero Emission Valley project in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France

Forsee Power and EDF Store & Forecast have signed a partnership to develop intelligent stationary electricity storage systems utilising used or ‘second life’ batteries from heavy-duty electric vehicles.