As part of a fully integrated solution promoting hydrogen fuel double decks, Ryse Hydrogen, formed by Jo Bamford, who also recently formed the Bamford Bus Company to acquire Northern Ireland bus builder, Wrightbus from administration in 2019, has signed a three-year contract with Suttons Tankers to transport bulk hydrogen gas to different locations in the UK, starting with London from September 2020.

The BPW Group has acquired an unspecified stake in UZE Mobility GmbH, a start-up focussed on creating a global ‘Big Data’ marketplace via data collection using artificial intelligence of primarily un-used mobility data from all types of vehicles and the market environment.

Schmitz Cargobull has expanded its rigid truck tipper body range with the introduction of the M.KI body with thermal insulation.

Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG have signed further agreements to accelerate and expand their previously announced global car and light commercial vehicle alliance, first announced almost a year ago in July 2019.

Daimler Trucks & Buses, a division of Daimler AG, has announced it is now offering Sideguard Assist as a retrofit solution for almost all its trucks, buses and coaches made by the Mercedes-Benz and Setra brands.

Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd, a company established in 2017 to convert medium and heavy trucks to be fully battery electric, has announced it is to fit a real-time battery monitoring system to all its vehicles as they come off the production line in Blackburn.

Thermo King Europe and BPW Group have announced a collaboration to develop a new economic and ecological refrigerated trailer solution using regenerated energy from the trailer axles while braking.

Daimler Truck AG through its subsidiary, Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co KG, says it is pushing hard towards series production of fuel cells.

Hankook Tire has announced it is partnering with Amazon Web Services, a division of Amazon Inc to incorporate more digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data within its operations.

Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd has announced contract services provider, Biffa, has placed an order for 27 all-electric waste trucks for its Manchester City Council waste management operations.

Electric delivery vehicle start-up, Arrival Ltd, which in February announced a contract to supply UPS in the United States with up to 10,000 purpose-designed low floor delivery electric vans, last month added a battery-powered  all-electric bus to its portfolio of vehicles.

Advancer is the name of a completely new tractor unit refrigeration platform that temperature control specialist, Thermo King Europe launched last month following more than four years of research, testing and development.