Woven Capital, the investment arm of Toyota Motor Company’s Tokyo, Japan-based Woven Planet Group Inc subsidiary, announced it has invested in Ridecell Inc, a specialist platform provider for IoT-driven automation for mobility and fleet businesses.

The new Fulcrum Bridge will allow for the Jake Brake and automatic hydraulic lash adjustment to occur in the same engine, providing gains to performance and cost savings.

The updated Sprinter incorporates a new engine, transmission, "torque-on-demand" and an automatic cargo door.

MAN OptiView, which replaces conventional side mirrors with cameras, is intended to reduce the risk of collision by making blind spots visible to the driver.

The driver-in autonomous shuttle, nicknamed 'The Badger', will be used for research purposes on public and private roads in Racine, Wisconsin.

The Hamburg TruckPilot, a collaboration between MAN and HHLA, put autonomous trucks into service with freight forwarding agent Jakob Weets at the Port of Hamburg.

SKF will be able to leverage Rubico Consulting's expertise in collecting and analysing data for R&D, testing, and maintenance purposes.

The order for 16 VNR Electric trucks was placed by California-based Performance Team, who will receive them by the end of the year.

Ideanomics has acquired a 100% ownership stake in the Orem, Utah-based electric vehicle manufacturer, whose product portfolio also includes proprietary software and control systems.

The International eMV is a battery-electric version of the MV range which will be produced in Mexico and in Texas.

The order for 10 VMC 1200 trucks will be delivered to an undisclosed private operator in British Columbia in the first quarter of 2022.

The company is investing USD100m over the next three years to deliver fully-electric products in every segment of the cold chain in the EMEA and the Americas.