The management team of solar-power transport solutions company, TRAILAR Ltd, has successfully completed a management buyout from Deutsche Post DHL Group.

The Lion Electric Company, manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, has been successful in using its electric school buses to supply electricity back to the grid, as part of the company’s vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot deployment in White Plains.

Vancouver-based GreenPower Motor Company Inc, a manufacturer and distributor of zero emissions electric powered medium and heavy-duty vehicles, has delivered its first EV Star Cargo Plus delivery truck to the city of Vancouver.

Daimler Trucks AG has delivered a further four Fuso eCanters to PostNL, the Dutch postal service.

Electric bus manufacturer, BYD Europe BV from its plant in Hungary has delivered the majority of what it claims is Europe’s largest single order for electric buses to Keolis Nederland BV.

New distribution electric truck start up, Volta Trucks has announced it has entered a long term strategic partnership with Petit Forestier SAS - the European leader in refrigeration rentals - to develop and build a full-electric refrigerated delivery truck.

Electric van and bus manufacturing start up, Arrival Ltd, is establishing its North American headquarters in Charlotte, adding around 150 new employees and plans to invest USD3m establishing the company’s new offices on South Tryon Street, South End, North Carolina.

Nikola Corporation and Republic Services Inc, the second largest recycling and solid waste provider in the USA, have discontinued their collaboration on refuse truck development following agreement in August this year for Republic Services to purchase 2,500 battery electric vehicles.

Koningshooikt–based bus and coach manufacturer, Van Hool NV has shipped the first CX45E, a 100% battery-electric coach, to the USA.

A short briefing last month by Alastair Hayfield, senior research director for commercial vehicles at market research firm, Interact Analysis UK, provided an insightful analysis about future demand for the internal combustion engine and the rate of its replacement with zero emission technology in different global regional markets.

In response to growing demand in the UK for zero emission buses, Alexander Dennis Ltd and BYD UK, are extending their business partnership with the announcement they plan to assemble electric bus chassis in the UK starting in the second half of 2021.

The new 22m-long electric bus, called the Attivi Express, features the BYD D11B low floor chassis with BYD’s latest lithium iron phosphate battery technology.