Electric bus manufacturer, battery, drivetrain and charging infrastructure supplier, Proterra Inc, has secured a USD200m investment led by Cowen Sustainable Advisors LLC along with supporting investments from Soros Fund Management, Generation Investment Management, and Broadscale Group.

“Hino Project Z is Hino’s step into zero emission vehicles,” said Glenn Ellis, senior Vice President of customer experience at Hino Motor Sales USA Inc.

Hino USA has announced Project Z, the company's development path to Zero Emission Vehicles, ranging from Class 4 to Class 8.

Electric truck builder,  Workhorse Group Inc, has achieved certification for its 2020 C-1000 Extended Range electric delivery truck from the state of California.

VDL Bus & Coach NV (a VDL Groep subsidiary) has supplied Finnish operator, Koiviston Auto Group with 31 Citea Electric LLE-115 buses which will be deployed in Lahti and Kuopio.

The ZF Group has joined forces with Zenzic UK Ltd and its partners to help speed up delivery of Connected Automated Mobility technology for the effective and efficient movement of people and goods.

New additions to Shell's specialised fluids portfolio – Shell E-Fluids – support battery electric vehicle as well as fuel cell electric vehicle powertrains for commercial light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles.

Logistics software specialist, ABAX , has acquired RAM Track and Trace - a construction industry vehicle and equipment tracking specialist with offices in Belgium and The Netherlands.

Livox Technology Co Ltd is collaborating with China’s largest truck manufacturer, FAW Jiefang Automotive Co Ltd, and Suzhou Zhito Technology Co Ltd in the development, production and integration of lidar systems for facilitating autonomous driving in heavy duty trucks.

November 2020 saw BorgWarner Inc has completed its acquisition of Delphi Technologies plc.

Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Inc has launched eGen Power, a new series of fully integrated zero emission electric axles.

It is being claimed the world’s largest development and test centre for high-voltage batteries for passenger and commercial vehicles was opened by the FEV Group in Aachen on September 25.