This longstanding partnership between DTNA and Allison Transmission reinforces their dedication to improving vehicle efficiency and promoting sustainability in the commercial trucking industry.

All new battery electric ‘CE Series’ school buses will now come with two features: “Illuminated School Bus Signs” and “Fully Illuminated Stop Arms”, referring to the school bus sign above the windscreen and the extendable arm on the left-hand side, respectively.

AI-powered platform to help improve logistics efficiency.

From the latter part of Q2 2025, Mack’s telematics service, ‘GuardDog Connect’, will incorporate Allison’s diagnostics data in its predictive maintenance feature.

The partners’ new ‘Vehicle Health Intelligence’ application will integrate Cummins’ own ‘Connected Solutions’ service with the Californian tech company’s ‘Virtual Vehicle’ platform.

Westport has agreed to sell its light-duty interests, including its OEM and independent aftermarket businesses, to a Dutch investment firm for USD73.1m.

Their first joint project is a workshop benchmarking system aimed at helping commercial vehicle workshops identify opportunities to improve sales and streamline operations. This system will be tested and further developed in collaboration with selected pilot workshops in the Netherlands and Germany. ​

'Kunshi' chassis offers improved range and higher payloads.

The University of Manchester’s mechanical and aerospace engineering department is looking into refrigerated vehicles as the effect of the fridge unit on the overall vehicle aerodynamics is understudied.

The Peterbilt ‘Model 579’ and Kenworth ‘T680’ will now be offered with the latest Bendix ‘Fusion’ package, which uses a forward-facing camera to enable collision mitigation systems such as “pedestrian automatic emergency braking”.

He will be replaced as CEO of Maxion Wheels by Mark Gerardts, who is currently the business unit president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Dr Holger Engelmann, the incumbent CEO and chairman, will leave the company on 31 March.