Hyliion Holdings, based in Cedar Park, USA, has launched its Hybrid eX system that offers hybrid retrofitting to existing CNG and diesel-powered trucks.

Bus and truck retrofitting and solutions firm e-troFit, based in Denkendorf, has announced a rebrand to pepper motion. The name change is intended to more accurately reflect the company’s expansion of its product and solution portfolio which is open to other new technologies beyond electrification.

The new Renewables Division of Marshall Fleet Solutions of Cambridge, UK, has announced the TITAN hybrid system that can be fitted to power any refrigerated unit, tail lift, or other vehicle-mounted electrically powered applications on small trucks, LCVs and HGVs.

The plug-in hybrid will be used by American logistics firm HAVI in Stockholm for a project looking into the benefits and challenges of conducting night-time and off-peak deliveries.

Meritor's 14Xe electric drive axles will be fitted in the Hypertruck ERX series hybrid drivetrain for Class 8 trucks which uses renewable natural gas.

The money will be awarded to fund the purhcase of fully- and hybrid-electric vehicles and the installation of requisite charging/fuelling infrastructure.

IAV and MIT will compare and evaluate electric and alternative fuel-based drivelines in a project which will run until Spring 2022.

Oshkosh delivered a Pierce Volterra electric fire truck to the City of Madison Fire Department.

XL Hybrid electric propulsion systems will be fitted in 24- and 27-foot ARBOC Freedom buses.

Oshkosh will manufacture the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle at Spartanburg for the US Postal Service, beginning in the summer of 2023.

Following the recent launch of its new generation electric hybrid system, eGen Flex, Allison Transmission has announced it will supply three units with partners Cummins and bus manufacturer, Gillig Corporation to IndyGo, the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation.

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.