Irizar eMobility, the electric mobility division of the Irizar Group, has announced it is moving to series production of its electric truck model by building ten ie Trucks with refuse collection bodies for municipal waste management operator, FCC Medio Ambiente.

Irizar eMobility has supplied Barcelona operator Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona with nine articulated 18m ieTrams, they join four Irizar electric buses supplied to TMB in 2019.

Daimler Buses has its first order for fully electric city buses from Poland. The order is for eight articulated Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses and 16 solo buses.

Andreas Tostmann CEO of MAN Truck & Bus officially opened the MAN eMobility Centre in Munich on June 9, 2021, for staff training in electric truck assembly and manufacture and for ‘eTruck’ manufacturing production and process development, with start of series production of electric trucks said to be sometime soon.

Alexander Dennis has unveiled its first zero-emission, three-axle double deck bus through a virtual event at its Vehicle Innovation Centre in Anniston, Alabama.

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.