Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland has appointed Amy Stokes as Head of e-Mobility having recently opened its order book for the group’s Volvo FH, FM and FMX Electric heavy-duty truck model range.

BYD UK has confirmed its largest ever order for electric buses. RATP Dev London is to take delivery of 195, single and double deck buses for use on Transport for London services in London.

Irizar eMobility of Aduna is to supply a total of 68 ie tram units to the city of Zaragoza.

Bridgestone Americas is expanding its Williamsburg, Kentucky, air springs manufacturing plant. The USD51m investment in the Firestone Industrial Products' plant will help meet market demand in the automotive vehicle market with a focus on making products for electric vehicles.

Cummins Inc, through its UK subsidiary, Cummins Turbo Technologies Ltd, is to lead a consortium focused on decarbonising heavy-duty powertrains in a UK-government and industry funded project, called TRIDENT.

Peterbilt Motors Company has delivered the first production Model 220EV to the Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services in Anchorage, Alaska.

The Dutro Z EV, a next-generation ultra-low-floor, front-wheel drive light-duty electric truck with a walk-through van-style configuration designed to be both user-friendly and emissions-free, will be introduced in Japan in early summer 2022.

The Iskandar Regional Development Authority of Malaysia in March said its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project would likely cost MYR2.5bn (USD600m) and is expected to become operational in 2023.

In March, Tatung signed a contract to supply electric drive systems to local commercial vehicle manufacturer, Tangeng Advanced Vehicles.

Electric bus and light van builder, Switch Mobility Automotive Ltd of Bengaluru has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens Ltd of Mumbai, India to address jointly the need of electric commercial vehicle customers and execute e-mobility projects in India.

Motor Coach Industries of Des Moines, part of the NFI Group, has unveiled its first two battery-electric zero-emission coaches for the North American market within weeks of each other.

Hino Motors Ltd of Hino-shi from mid-2022 plans to release onto the Japanese market, the Hino Dutro Z EV – the company’s first full-scale electric vehicle which is designed for ‘last mile deliveries.’