Dana Incorporated launched its latest direct-drive electric powertrain, the TM4 SUMO LD at the ACT Expo 2019.

Peterbilt Motors Company expects to have no fewer than 30 pre-production medium and heavy-duty trucks in operation by the end of this year.

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.

After announcing development of a hydrogen-electric truck for European markets back in November, the electric vehicle pioneer, Nikola Motor Company unveiled Nikola Tre at a major event held at its WestWorld facility in Scottsdale.

At ACT Expo 2019, traditional automatic transmission maker, Allison Transmission Inc and British bus and coach manufacturer, Alexander Dennis Ltd, announced they were working together to develop new efficient and powerful electric buses.

Nikola Motor Company has bought some 400 acres in Coolridge, Arizona, where eventually it plans to build hydrogen-electric Class 8 trucks.

Spartan Fleet Vehicles and Services which markets products under the Utilimaster, Spartan Upfit Services, and Strobes-R-Us brands, used the Association for the Work Truck Industry Work Truck Show in Indianapolis to introduce three new vehicle platforms.

Volgabus has delivered ten Volgabus CR12E electric buses to the city of St. Petersburg.

Dana Incorporated of Maumee, Ohio, USA is applying its fuel cell expertise to designing and manufacturing composite and metallic bipolar plates for use in fuel systems in public transportation systems, such as electric bus (eBus) and Hydrail* applications.

Japanese lifestyle retailer, MUJI and Finnish autonomous driving company, Sensible 4, have launched GACHA, which they claim is the first autonomous driving bus (minibus pod) for all weather conditions.

The Dearman-Hubbard transport refrigeration unit, designed by the Dearman Engine Co Ltd, built by Hubbard Products Ltd and which is fitted to a Paneltex semi-trailer, has started a one month demonstration tour in Europe.