The all-new Vehicle Tech Lab can house complete trucks, bus and coach chassis and components.

Westport has committed to investing up to USD10m a year over the next decade to support the construction and development of the new site, which it will undertake together with the local authority.

Nikola Iveco received a Letter of Intent from the freight-forwarding firm to acquire 20 fuel-cell electric trucks – with the eventual intention of replacing its entire fleet with Nikola’s vehicles.

Sales and operating profit increased YoY by 17.5 percent and 9.9 percent, respectively, thanks to increased demand for large-diameter tyres.

Blue Energy Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (Blue Energy Motors) of Pune, is a two-year-old start-up backed by a Singapore-based finance firm.

The deal will mark the first time that ZF’s OnTraX system for lane keeping assistance has been installed in a commercial vehicle platform in North America.

Preliminary specifications include a 300-320 kW motor, a 2-speed transmission, a 90-100 kW fuel cell stack, and a small lithium-ion battery pack to provide extra power.

The Partner Super truck is powered by the Ashok Leyland ZD30 BS VI diesel engine offering an output power of 104 kW (140 hp) @ 2750 rev/min and maximum torque of 360 Nm @ 1350-2750 rev/min. It is matched with a manual Ashok Leyland 6-speed overdrive gearbox.

The credit facility is being provided by the Royal Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada to fund production of its Class 3 electric trucks.

Konvekta is a pioneer in using CO2 as a refrigerant in climate control HVAC systems. More than 2,000 buses have been fitted with its CO2 heat pump HVAC system and these are now in successful operation throughout Europe.

This comes off the back of a private funding round late last year in order to scale production of its battery cell plant in Arizona through upgraded equipment and technology.

Apollo explains that as part of the company’s digital strategy to implement Industry 4.0 technology into its systems and processes, the Digital Innovation Centre will also use the latest in new age technologies.