Vision Systems North America Inc has been granted a five-year exemption by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow the use of its Smart-Vision high-definition camera monitoring system, which negates the requirement for driving mirrors on commercial vehicles.

Norwegian grocery distributor, ASKO AS last month began pilot operation of four Scania hydrogen fuel cell 26+1 tonnes gross vehicle weight trucks with an electric driveline.

Cummins Westport Inc, the Vancouver-based joint venture between Cummins Inc and Westport Fuel Systems has received certifications from both the US Environmental Protection Agency and Air Resources Board in California for its B6.7N natural gas engine.

Peterbilt Motors has supplied Werner Enterprises with a Model 579EV for its battery electric-powered truck pilot programme.

December saw MAN Truck & Bus SE hand over the first two Lion’s City E buses to Hamburger Hochbahn AG and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH.

Reporting an 81st year of continuous profits, truck builder, Paccar Inc achieved record revenues of USD25.6bn for the year ending December 31, 2019 and an increase of 8.9% compared with USD23.50bn in 2018 and USD19.46bn in 2017.

Utrecht-based electric bus builder, Tribus BV, demonstrated two electric vehicles at VDV Elektro Buses Conference in Berlin this month.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has won a tender to deliver this year three articulated electric buses to Bonn, making it Solaris’s first order from local operator, SWB.

CV builder, MAN Truck & Bus SE, operator Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg Holstein and automotive giant, Volkswagen AG are involved in a joint research project to evaluate the potential of ‘used’ or ‘second-life’ batteries as a way of storing electricity.

The Irizar Group unveiled its first ever autonomous bus in Malaga last month.

Iveco SpA is now producing Eurocargo 'Glider' chassis in its Brescia factory, as part of a collaboration with UK-based electric drivetrain specialist, Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

The second largest public transport operator in Germany, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH has taken delivery of 16 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses.