The trials follow the announcement of a new manufacturing site to be built in Pecém.

Via Motors says it will share engineering expertise and best practices with Boss Capital subsidiary ‘AUSEV’, which will handle the remanufacture of Via Motors’ vehicles for the right-hand drive market.

The factory is fully dedicated to the production of electric drivetrain range including electric axles, electric motors for central drive applications and battery packs for light commercial vehicles, minibuses, buses and medium and heavy commercial vehicles.

The Executive Order concerning the conversion of vehicles to "alternative fuel retrofit systems" means that ZEVx can begin retrofitting Sprinter vans with its 'Athena' e-powertrain kit.

The 30,000-square-foot Tottenham site will serve as the base for the company’s ‘Truck-as-a-Service’ operations in the London metropolitan area.

The Caetano UNVI C21 electric bus is a new low-floor 12-metre urban electric bus featuring an electric chassis (e.chassis) from Caetano capable of fitting a battery capacity of up to 420 kWh and UNVI’s steel structured single deck body meeting EC rollover regulation (R66).

The two companies are working on a vehicle concept, called ‘Sixtron’, which will bring together Rampini’s line of ‘E60’ battery-electric buses and Perrone’s ‘TONY’ autonomous driving retrofit kit.

The two companies have pledged to continue developing autonomous driving technology in mining trucks, focusing on operations at Rio Tinto’s iron ore mine, called Channar mine, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Gaussin UK will be based in Wickford, Essex, targeting the UK logistics, retail and transport markets, as well as license sales to local partners.

Siemens will provide its expertise in building charging infrastructure and developing software and control systems for energy management to Volta Trucks customers subscribed to its 'Truck-as-a-Service' offering.

TRAKr, which entered pre-production in June, is already being incorporated into trailer products by Carrier Transicold and Pacton Trailers.

The new electric lowliner tractor unit is built on a Volvo FH based chassis and fitted with a 500 kilowatt (680 hp) electric motor, single speed transmission and a battery capacity with 380 kilowatt hours giving the vehicle a range of 280km.