Volvo will be introducing updates to its 11- and 13-litre Euro VI engines for heavy-duty trucks next year in the UK in order to improve their fuel economy and driveability.

Scania has launched a new diesel powertrain which achieves an overall fuel emissions reduction of at least 8% over the current generation. The new 13-litre engine, transmissions, rear axle and fuel system are designed to help Scania meet its sustainability commitments and will become Scania's primary diesel platform for the rest of the decade.

The new engine, with a maximum power output of 515 horsepower, boasts performance enhancements providing a 10% improvement in fuel economy.

Nissens Automotive now has exclusive rights to market the powertrain cooling systems specialist's products in Europe, Asia and the U.S. and access to new technologies.

Mercedes-Benz Brazil has announced the Arocs construction truck is now available, for which it has already received orders for 200 units, set to be delivered by the end of December 2021.

VWCO has expanded its truck portfolio in Angola with the launch of the Delivery light truck range, which is already available in fifteen countries in South and Central America.

VWCO has won a new federal tender for the Caminho da Escola Program to provide buses to schools across the country, involving 2,500 units featuring the Volksbus 15,190 ODR - ORE3 chassis.

DAF Brazil has announced its largest ever order in South America with 200 CF 480 trucks to be exported to Colombian haulier, Grupo Prodes.

VWCO has started delivery of 281 trucks to Mexican brewery company, Grupo Modelo, including 107 Delivery trucks, marking the first order for the range from Mexico.

Production of the Common Base Engine, a joint platform for diesel engines which will be employed in future vehicles manufactured by MAN, Scania, and Navistar, is slated to begin in 2024.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems, based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and Tula Technology Inc of San Jose, California, have announced a cooperation agreement aimed at accelerating the development of Jacobs’ CDA cylinder deactivation technology in conjunction with Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) control algorithms.

Automotive components company, Eberspächer Group of Esslingen, Germany, has announced its Emission Valve Generation 2 (EVG2) to help meet future nitrogen oxide standards.