The number of electric bus deliveries in Western Europe and Poland increased threefold in 2019 to 1,697 units from 548 units delivered in the previous year, according the Wim Chatrou of Chatrou CME Solutions.

Isuzu Motors Ltd and car giant, Honda Motor Ltd, in January signed an agreement to carry out joint research to develop fuel-cell-powered heavy-duty trucks.

Renault Trucks SAS has signed a contract to supply 20, D Wide Z.E 26-tonne trucks to the Carlsberg Group’s Swiss subsidiary, the Feldschlösschen Brewery in Rheinfelden.

Irizar e-mobility is to provide nine 18m electric buses to In-de-City-Bus GmbH, in addition to nine interoperable slow charge stations for their bus garages / stations.

Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Company is to introduce its American-made fully electric Transit van for model year 2022. 

Volvo Trucks North America Inc last month at TEC Equipment in Fontana offered customers a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks.

PJSC KamAZ has developed a prototype of a cab-less autonomous (self-driving) electric truck, called Kamaz-3373 Chelnok (Shuttle) for operations in closed spaces.

Developer and manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion battery systems, AKASOL AG, has engaged the services of Manz AG to supply fully automated production lines for producing high-energy battery modules for commercial vehicles at its Gigafactory facility in Darmstadt.

French automotive components manufacturer, Faurecia SA, has won a contract to supply hydrogen storage systems for trucks built by Hyundai Motor Company of Seoul.

TEMSA North America Inc in January at the UMA Motorcoach EXPO 2020, held in Nashville, launched its first ever full size three-axle electric coach, the TS45E.

A pair of FUSO eCanter 7.49t electric delivery trucks have entered service with operators in Copenhagen, the first in Scandinavia. One has joined the fleet of Citylogistik and the other is with Aastiderne, two well-known Danish transport operators.

Ebusco, a company started in 2010 dedicated to the manufacture of electric buses using European sourced electric driveline technologies with buses built in China, from  the middle  of 2020 plans to start manufacturing its battery electric buses completely in Europe.