Proterra will supply a minimum of 600 vehicles, including Vicinity Lightning transit buses and Vicinity Motor's truck chassis platform, with batteries through 2024.

BorgWarner Inc, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan has invested in Silicon Valley-based software and controls company Qnovo Inc. BorgWarner is the lead investor in Qnovo’s multi-million-dollar Series C funding round.

Bratislava-based battery manufacturing start-up, InoBat Auto, has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group. The JDA will support InoBat’s plans to build a 290,000ft² battery R&D centre and pilot battery production line in Voderady, Slovakia.

The range of the new generation of battery-electric trucks is expanded to 440km, nearly double that of the range offered by the first generation.

A new feature for its heavy-duty electric trucks will allow drivers to remotely start preheating or precooling the vehicle in order to maintain optimal battery performance in extreme ambient temperatures.

Electrification technology company Ideanomics Inc of New York City, USA, has announced a strategic investment in Slovakian Bratislava-based battery start-up InoBat Auto.

The Amara Raja Group has announced it is to invest EUR10 million in Bratislava-based battery start-up Inobat Auto.

Production at the plant in Greer is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2022. The company is aiming for a production capacity of multiple gigawatt hours per year.

Currently, there are no regulations outlining the use of battery fire suppression systems on electric commercial vehicles. Increasing demand for electric buses is beginning to highlight the need for increased regulation.

Lightning eMotora has signed a supply agreement to purchase 175MWh of CATL battery products over a two-year period.

Borgwarner has entered an exclusive licensing agreement with PolyCharge America for the use of capacitor technology in its range of inverters.

Proterra will provide Lightning eMotors with battery systems totalling more than 900 MWh of storage capacity over the next three years.