North America’s largest bus and coach builder, New Flyer of America Inc - a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc - has announced it will deploy North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus as part of a demonstration of automated driving technology led by the Connecticut Department of Transportation with funding from the Federal Transit Administration under the IMI initiative.

In June, EV Consulting, part of FEV Group, published a study for the VDMA – a European network association in the mechanical and plant engineering sector – that predicts by 2040 the fuel cell components market for passenger cars in Europe would be worth EUR11bn annually, whereas globally this figure would be EUR75bn.

Tipper body specialist, Thompsons Group, has developed the Loadmaster X-Lite, which is Thompsons’ lightest ever steel tipper rigid body.

Mack Trucks Inc unveiled its Mack LR battery electric vehicle at WasteExpo 2019.

Camcon Automotive Ltd is claiming heavy-duty diesel truck fleets could save millions of pounds in fuel costs and that commercial vehicle OEMs could meet increasingly stringent emissions regulations by adopting its digital engine technology.

July saw the arrival in the UK of the first right hand drive all-electric truck from Renault Trucks UK & Ireland – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renault Trucks SAS.

Navistar International Corporation and TuSimple, a global self-driving technology company, have entered a strategic partnership to co-develop SAE Level 4 self-driving trucks targeted for production by 2024.

Electric Class 8 truck and tractor manufacturing start-up, Nikola Corporation, has started construction of a one million square foot manufacturing facility on a 430-acre site in Coolidge.

Electric drivetrain supplier, Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission drivetrains since the start of 2020 has been working in partnership with hydrogen fuel cell engine and fuelling solutions company, Plug Power Inc, to develop electric, fuel cell-powered Class 6 trucks capable of supporting middle-mile delivery logistics between warehouses and distribution centres.

Recent steering systems acquisitions over the past few years by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC will allow it to further integrate steering-centred directional controls with its air braking system controls and electronics portfolio.

Lightning Systems, a producer of electrified vehicle conversions, has added the Ford F-550 to its expanding range of electric commercial vehicle options.

EvoBus Schweiz AG has moved to brand new premises in Winterthur, which bundles its entire know-how all together into one location.