BYD Europe Ltd (a subsidiary of BYD Inc) has partnered with Norwegian car distributor and retailer, RSA BIL Oslo, to expand its EV portfolio in Europe.

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.

Miejskie Przedsiebiorstwo Komunikacyjne S.A., the public transport operator for the city of Krakow, is purchasing 50, Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach SA, which are to be delivered by the Bolechowo-based bus builder within the year from when the contract was signed (May 25).

Konvekta’s HEAT2GO latent heat storage system that first went on public display at Busworld Brussels last October is now undergoing trials in Germany.

Traton SE has offered to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock in Navistar International Corporation not already owned by Traton at a price of USD35 per share in cash; this represents a 45% premium over Navistar’s closing share price of USD24.11 on January 29, 2020 and a 19% premium over Navistar’s 90-day volume weighted average price of USD29.40.

Toyota Motor Corporation and its truck-making subsidiary, Hino Motors Ltd in March announced plans to jointly develop a fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck and to jointly push ahead with initiatives that will encourage the commercial adoption of hydrogen fuel-cell technologies, including verification tests and other initiatives.

Trailer and bodybuilder, Great Dane, has appointed the Velocity Vehicle Group as a full-service Great Dane dealer.

A collaboration between Cummins Inc and emission control software developer, Tula Technology Inc, has resulted in a technical demonstration of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire software in a Cummins X15 engine, which controls cylinder deactivation, and thereby achieving significant reductions in emissions and fuel consumption in Cummins’ diesel engine.

PJSC Kamaz has started commercial sales of its new Kamaz-54901 highway tractor, the first in its K5 model range.

Following the announcement in June last year by French train, tram and now electric bus producer, Alstom, that it had started series manufacturing its 12m electric bus, Aptis, since the start of 2020 it has been delivering its innovative bus design to cities in France.

Truck and bus builder, Minsk Auto Plant based in the capital of Belarus has unveiled its first prototype of an electric bus, MAZ-303E10 featuring ZF’s central drive motor, CeTrax.

GAZ has started sales of additional models of the Sadko NEXT off-road truck by offering an extended wheelbase (C41A43) and a two-row cab option (C42A43).