Alexander Dennis Ltd, the bus and coach building subsidiary of NFI Group Inc, has begun the formal consultation of its previously announced restructuring programme in response to the significant fall in demand for new buses and coaches in the United Kingdom as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Allison Transmission Inc has opened its new Vehicle Environmental Test centre to conduct year-round testing, replicating vehicle environments and duty cycles, compressing product development times and supporting innovation for the industry.

Covid-19 hits sales at Hyundai as registrations fall by 27,000 units.

Daimler Trucks says its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation, recently demonstrated a new electric concept truck with several advanced technologies at its so called “Fuso Future Innovation Lab” event at its headquarters in Kawasaki, Japan.

British engineering firm, Harsh Ltd, well known for its hook-loader and skip-loader body products, has built a bespoke demountable skip-loader unit that can be loaded onto a truck fitted already with a standard hook-loader container, enabling it to double as a skip carrier, when needed.

Patrick Collignon, a former Volvo Group executive, has established Trova Commercial Vehicles Inc.

Truck manufacturer, Peterbilt Motor Company, has announced a special introductory lease offer on the Peterbilt Model 220EV electric medium-duty truck through PacLease, the groups finance and leasing arm to encourage purchases of its electric truck.

VDL Bus & Coach BV (a subsidiary of the VDL Groep which makes buses and coaches) has established a new representative organisation in the United Kingdom, called VDL Bus & Coach UK Ltd.

Allison Transmission Inc has launched eGen Flex, its zero-emission capable electric hybrid system which will provide bus fleets with full electric propulsion for zero-emission zones and depot operation.

Navistar International Corporation has announced a new facility in Rochester Hills to house its NEXT eMobility Solutions business unit.

EnPro Industries Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Stemco Air Springs business unit, comprising Goodyear-licensed air springs, as well as Super Cushion and Spring Ride-branded air springs, to an affiliate of private equity firm, New York, USA-based Turnspire Capital Partners.

Steel wheel and steel components producer, Iochpe-Maxion SA, is consolidating its North American steel wheels manufacturing operations from three plants to two.