Penso, specialising in design and production of lightweight composite products for some of the biggest brands in the aerospace and automotive sectors has announced its entry into the UK commercial vehicle bodybuilding segment with plans to transform the home delivery sector.

Trailar, which supplies and fit solar kits for fitting on the roofs of trucks, trailers and buses has announced delivery and fit of more than 1,000 vehicles globally in its three years of operations.

The UK government has pledged GBP5bn to be spent on bus services and to encourage cycling over the next five years, which includes the introduction of at least 4,000 new zero emission buses.

idem telematics GmbH has announced it is contracted to supply its entire product range to the German subsidiary of French rental company, Fraikin.

At the end of last year Mann+Hummel’s ‘Filter Cubes’ were successfully installed in Stuttgart at a busy road junction in the district of Neckartor to reduce the level of fine dust pollution.

Electricity transmission system operator, TenneT BV and Daimler AG, through its Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH subsidiary, via a joint development partnership have announced they have researched and tested the feasibility of using used electric vehicle batteries as ‘second life’ storage devices of electricity in the national grid.

Specialist steel producer, SSAB, says it is convinced good environmental stewardship also drives good business and is firmly committed to reducing its own carbon footprint and that of its customers and is promoting a programme called EcoUpgraded.

Mahle GmbH of Stuttgart has inaugurated a new research and development centre in Valencia. Eventually it is to house around 250 employees working to develop new products and solutions for sustainable mobility, based on vehicle electronics.