Swiss energy storage company, Leclanché  has commissioned Comau specializing in advanced industrial automation products and systems, to build one of the world’s first automated manufacturing lines for lithium-ion battery modules for transport applications.

Dearman Engine Company has signed agreements with the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group and the Chengdu Industrial Asset Management Group to collaborate to bring Dearman technology to China.

Bus builder, is to launch at Busworld the electric Movitas, a modular and compact city bus, which is available in lengths from 8.20m to 10.45m.

Irizar e-mobility announced at this year's UITP Summit it now has an expanded line-up of zero-emission buses.

Scania’s new battery electric self-driving urban concept vehicle, revealed at the UITP Congress last month is designed with the flexibility to shift from ferrying commuters to and from work in mornings and evenings to delivering goods during the day and collecting refuse at night.

Kyocera and BYD Japan Co Ltd have entered a joint project to develop an integrated renewable supply-demand energy system for electric vehicles.

Electric commercial vehicle and mobility specialist start up, Workhorse Group Inc says it has raised USD25m through a private offering of Series B preferred non-convertible stock (but the holders are entitled to annual dividends payable in shares of common stock) with a group of institutional investors.

Hyundai Motor Company has revealed a system that estimates the gross vehicle weight of a light-duty commercial electric vehicles and optimises performance accordingly.

Emissions specialist, Eminox Ltd and Johnson Matthey PLC, have signed a new agreement for Eminox to package the catalyst within the Fischer Tropsch novel reactor technology jointly developed by Johnson Matthey and BP, the London-based energy producer.

At Battery Show Europe 2019, Akasol AG presented a wide portfolio of new options for battery cells.

SAF-HOLLAND Group and Lohr Industrie, a specialist in truck bodies and trailers for transporting cars, have entered a strategic partnership to advance the development of electric trailer axles.

Heuliez Bus, a subsidiary of London-headquartered CNH Industrial NV, has received an order from QBUZZ for 49 articulated Heuliez GX437 electric city buses to be used in the Groningen and Drenthe regions of The Netherlands.