North America’s largest bus and coach builder, New Flyer of America Inc - a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc - has announced it will deploy North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus as part of a demonstration of automated driving technology led by the Connecticut Department of Transportation with funding from the Federal Transit Administration under the IMI initiative.

Recent steering systems acquisitions over the past few years by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC will allow it to further integrate steering-centred directional controls with its air braking system controls and electronics portfolio.

DAF Trucks NV is introducing an improved Advanced Emergency Braking System for its complete range of LF, CF and XF models: AEBS-3.

The MIRA Technology Park, one of Europe’s leading mobility R&D centres for automotive technologies, has announced it is partnering with Plug and Play, the US innovation platform for start-up technology companies to create the UK’s first Mobility Innovation Hub.

First announcing this development at Busworld 2019 in Brussels last year, Solaris Bus & Coach SA says it is now fitting the Collision Mitigation System intelligent braking support system in the Solaris urban bus range.

Scania AB is introducing a side detection functionality via two different systems: Blind Spot Warning, which is mainly designed to warn truck drivers of hidden cars when at higher speeds on either side of the truck and, the Vulnerable Road User Collision Warning system, which is designed to detect cyclist and motorbikes mainly on the passenger side of the truck.

Trailer manufacturer, Gray & Adams Ltd, working in partnership with perishable cargo transport specialist, Perishable Movements Ltd, has engineered an innovative refrigerated trailer with an automated loading and unloading system that features a powered roller-bed floor from Joloda International Ltd.

Solaris Bus & Coach is working with Poznań University of Technology, Poznan on developing an advanced system of assistance for drivers of city buses, mostly electric ones.

Vision Systems North America Inc has been granted a five-year exemption by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow the use of its Smart-Vision high-definition camera monitoring system, which negates the requirement for driving mirrors on commercial vehicles.

SAF-Holland USA Inc, a manufacturer of commercial vehicle components at the NACV Show in Atlanta, Georgia launched SMAR-te Tire Pilot – an intelligent evolution of tyre pressure management.

BPW Bergische Achsen claims its new AirSave tyre pressure control system pays for itself in the first year, as the system achieves enormous savings in terms of fuel, tyres and time.

UD Trucks demonstrated Level 4 autonomous driving with its Quon heavy-duty truck in December at its UD Experience Centre in Japan.