According to social media reports, Tesla has successfully demonstrated the 500-mile range of its new ‘Semi’ Class-8 battery-electric truck and has made its first delivery to food and beverage firm PepsiCo Inc.

The acquisition, first proposed earlier this year by Meritor, was completed for a sum of approximately EUR 190m.

Two year old Blue Energy Motors launches its first LNG fuelled-truck onto the Indian market from its facilities in Chakan, Pune.

Sono Motors has agreed to supply a customised version of the ‘Solar Bus Kit’ to pepper motion, who will integrate it with a Mercedes Citaro C1 bus which has been retrofitted with pepper motion’s e-powertrain.

The range is available in 34 sizes and certain sizes incorporate soybean oils that replace a portion of the petroleum-derived materials traditionally used.

Maxion Wheels will continue supplying lightweight steel truck wheels to the American semi-trailer manufacturer and truck bodybuilder.

The French manufacturer has unveiled the final customer designs for its upcoming heavy-duty electric trucks, the 44t ‘E-Tech T’ and ‘E-Tech C’ models for distribution and construction applications respectively.

Scheduled to open in late 2023, the 137,000-square-foot factory near Jamestown, NY, will produce lithium-ion batteries for e-trucks, e-buses and e-forklifts.

The facility has a capacity of 8 GWh per year and is expected to reach 14 GWh by 2024. Whilst details are sparse, the company has announced plans to build another European factory, this time in Hungary.

Ballard is to build a membrane electrode assembly plant to boost global fuel cell engine capacity.

The specially designed tyres deliver 30% higher mileage, 30% better rolling resistance and 50% reduction in tyre noise as compared withregular tyres, stated CEAT.

Costing EUR40m, the production area has grown from 7,000 to 18,000 square metres to fulfil EUR2 billion worth of new contracts from vehicle manufacturers.