The new venture by Renault Trucks and its British distributors is offering trucks on a three-month lease, with customers only paying based on their usage.

The two companies have made a ‘Central Communication Unit’ which integrates multiple electronic controllers in a single hub, and they plan to continue the collaboration further.

Petrobras says the Diesel R5 (95% diesel : 5% biodiesel) fuel bus trials have proven to be successful and under the BioRefino Program is investing some USD600m to 2026 to ramp up capacity to provide this fuel to the market in Brazil.

The German company unveiled a new range of autonomous shuttles designed for use in urban mixed-traffic scenarios, and announced a distribution agreement with mobility services provider Beep for the American market.

The ‘Heat Belt’ is designed to provide close-to-body warmth between 36 and 40 degrees Celsius while using just 70 watts of energy, providing a low-energy alternative to conventional heating systems.

The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to integrate Tier IV's 'Pilot.Auto' product with Baraja's 'Spectrum HD25' LiDAR systems.

These charging stations will utilise PAP’s eleXsys energy management platform that will help optimise grid connection and energy flow ultimately reducing charging times.

Sumitomo Rubber do Brasil Ltda has had a presence in Brazil for more than a decade - but manufacturing tyres for trucks only started in 2019.

Tevva stated that it secured type approvals for both the EU and the UK from the Swedish Transport Agency and the Vehicle Certification Agency for its 7.5-tonne battery-electric truck.

OmniVision’s ‘OAX4600’ integrated circuit is embedded with Seeing Machine’s ‘Occula’ neural processing unit – a technology designed to recognise signs of driver inattention.

This follows an initial agreement of purchase/sale signed on December 17, 2018, for 80.1 per cent of the equity to be procured by Hitachi.

Now called Spruce Power, the erstwhile retrofit firm has divested from the vehicle industry to focus on providing residential solar energy and EV charging services.