Acquiring Intellic expands ZF’s current product and service offerings in the area of connected vehicle technologies - it envisages a single box (a ‘Connectivity Hub’) which will be able to reliably and accurately collect and relay data from multiple sources, including advanced driver assistance systems and electronic braking systems.

The purpose of the new structure is to centralize operations and improve processes for approximately 350 customers served in the country.

Already producing heavy and medium duty trucks, XCMG is now offering product for the large light-duty sector.

Castertech is developing nano-technology with partners in materials for use in transport applications.

Iveco launches complete electric bus in Uraguay.

Electric-powered medium and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer, GreenPower Motor Company Inc, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has appointed Peterson Trucks Inc as its official school bus dealer in the state of Oregon, with plans to expand throughout the USA.

The Ebusco 3.0 18-metre articulated city bus is designed for urban and regional transport operations and has a capacity for 150 passengers. It is powered with a choice of cobalt-free LFP 350+ and 500+ kWh battery packs, offering a range of up to  700 km.

The new building covers a surface area of 10,000m2 in the immediate vicinity of the company’s main factory, providing greater storage space for the parts and components Solaris requires to assemble its buses and trolleybuses.

The 327,000-sq-ft factory is now open and is producing not only batteries but drivetrains and other “ancillary equipment” such as high voltage junction boxes.

ADL will supply Transport for Greater Manchester with 50 low-emission electric double-deckers.

Production will continue at Cypress until the end of the second quarter of 2023, at which time Nikola hopes to bring battery production at its own facility in Coolidge, Arizona online.

The order comprises a mix of 16-tonne and 19-tonne E-Tech D trucks, which Renault Trucks began delivering in the fourth quarter of 2022, continuing up until 2024.