Plaxton, the coach manufacturing division of Alexander Dennis Ltd, is supplying two-axle versions of its flagship Elite coach on Volvo B8R chassis.

Tiger Trailers has begun deliveries of its Lightweight Clearspan Curtainsider trailer, following a six-month development programme in conjunction with Tata Steel Ltd.

Articulation systems specialist, Hübner GmbH & Co KG has added to its product portfolio for the bus and rail industries with the acquisition of Gummi-Welz GmbH und Co KG, a producer of rubber sealing, insulation and isolation materials and glass-fibre reinforced plastic products for the transportation industry.

Horizontal moving floor specialist, Cargo Floor BV has announced it has started construction work to expand its assembly plant in Coevorden by some 10,000 square metres – the extension is expected to improve production efficiency through shorter and more efficient internal logistic movements, the company said.

In February this year, a number of leading brands involved in the supply of hydrogen and in fuel cell electric vehicle manufacture - namely Air Liquide, Hyundai, NEL, Nikola Motor, Shell and Toyota - signed a Memorandum of Understanding for hydrogen fuelling components, for the purpose of testing state of the art heavy duty hydrogen fuelling hardware to assist in standardization and speed to market of fuel cell electric trucks.

Producer of specialist tankers, Whale Tankers Ltd, unveiled the UK’s first fully electric medium volume combination tanker at this year’s CV Show last month.

This year's Advanced Clean Technology Expo in California saw Allison Transmission Inc introduce the new ABE Series electric axle, which, it claims, is the first e-axle advanced ultra-low floor electric bus powertrain system in the market.

Vehicle builder and chassis producer, Workhorse Group Inc – a subsidiary since 2013 of AMP Holdings Inc - has formed a strategic partnership with Michigan-based Prefix Corporation for the final design, development and production of its N-GEN series of all-electric medium delivery vehicles.

Global supplier of medium-and heavy-duty automatic transmissions, Allison Transmission Holdings Inc, has strategically extended its product offering into the fully electric driveline field with the purchase of two operations in the electrical drivetrain field; Vantage Power and AxleTech’s Electric Vehicle Systems Division.

Vehicle builders,  Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (Foton),  Toyota Motor Company, and fuel cell developer, Beijing SinoHytec Co Ltd have announced an agreement for all three parties to jointly develop fuel cell buses.

Trevor Milton, Nikola CEO and founder of electric truck concern, Nikola Motor Company, at an event held at its WestWorld facility in Scottsdale, said the company was actively pursuing hydrogen as a ubiquitous fuel for its electric vehicles and that it had just committed to making an initial investment of USD16m to build Nikola's new fuel cell development laboratory and that staged investments in the new facility was expected to exceed several hundred million dollars.

Supplier of lighting systems to on- and off-highway and military vehicle markets, Truck-Lite Co LLC has announced its acquisition of Lumitec LLC - a premier supplier of LED lighting for the marine industry since 2007.