The Terberg Group subsidiary returns to the name it formerly had before its merger with the Ros Roca Environment group of companies in 2016.

Bratthall will be responsible for Scania's sustainability brand, supporting its ambition to become a leader for sustainable transportation.

Proterra will supply a minimum of 600 vehicles, including Vicinity Lightning transit buses and Vicinity Motor's truck chassis platform, with batteries through 2024.

This means that California-based customers could receive a USD120,000 incentive per Nikola BEV truck as part of the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project.

The German manufacturer delivered just under 94,000 vehicles to its customers in 2021, and reported growth in truck and van sales.

Panasonic OneConnect will be integrated with Tropos Motors' ABLE line of vehicles, providing a range of fleet management features.

The American autonomous driving technology company is looking to recruit software developers at its Texan offices to support its development of autonomous trucks with parent Daimler Truck.

The American company has also received letters of intent from USA Truck and Covenant Logistics to purchase up to an additional 150 trucks.

The P7 modular platform is designed to serve as a Class 3-5 commercial vehicle, with its fully-flat chassis providing a maximum payload of 8,800 lbs.

With the continuation of the mass vaccination and maintenance of a high level of GDP, the Brazilian truck and bus segment should continue to grow in 2022, stated Márcio Querichelli, President of IVECO Commercial Vehicles South America Ltda speaking Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais with Truck & Bus Builder South America in December. “IVECO has registered a significant volume of orders with many coming from the general cargo and mining segments, especially in the heavy and semi-heavy truck segments,” he stated.

ZF do Brasil Ltda, headquartered in Sorocaba, São Paulo state, announced its parent company, ZF Group is the main drivetrain supplier to Higer Bus Company of Suzhou, China, for an electric bus that has started trials / tests with a city bus operator in the city of São Paulo; full scale operations of several electric Higer Bus buses are expected to start during the first half of 2022.

An Interview with Roberto Leoncini, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Trucks and Buses at Mercedes-Benz do Brasil brings us up to date on business in 2021 and expectation for 2022