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.

Zero-emission coaches produced by Canada’s NFI Group US subsidiary, Motor Coach Industries Inc are now approved for the maximum California HVIP purchase incentive of USD150,000 for each of its battery-electric coaches sold in the State of California.

Link Manufacturing Ltd, the Iowa-based manufacturer of bespoke suspensions, has launched a broader and updated range of Redline Performance Series suspensions for its Air Link tandem drive axle suspension and Atlas single drive axle suspension used in aerial fire and rescue trucks.

ZF Group has presented an overview of its new and latest technologies for cleaner, safer, and connected commercial vehicles.

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Control Systems division has invested around EUR18m expanding the Erich Reinecke Test Track in Jeversen and adding to its commercial vehicle testing capabilities for trucks and buses.

Hamburg-based Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH (40% owned by ZF) has commissioned ZF Friedrichshafen AG to produce its next generation “ibeoNEXT” LiDAR system, including the systems’ electronic control unit.

Renault Trucks UK & Ireland Ltd has sold its first two all-electric trucks, one to Warburtons, a UK bakery brand and the other to SUEZ Recycling & Recovery UK (SUEZ), a provider of water and waste services.