Peterbilt Motors Company expects to have no fewer than 30 pre-production medium and heavy-duty trucks in operation by the end of this year.

Transportation Power Inc, an advanced clean transportation technology company, established in 2010 and based in Escondido, and Meritor Inc of Troy, a manufacturer of axles and brake systems announced last month completion of two multi-year projects for the development, testing and evaluation of advanced, zero-emission electric yard tractors and Class 8 trucks.

‘Ecogen Hydro’ from Cold Connect Ltd, is the name of a hydraulic generator powered by the engine PTO of a truck or tractor, giving constant electrical power for transport refrigeration units.

Vehicle builders,  Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (Foton),  Toyota Motor Company, and fuel cell developer, Beijing SinoHytec Co Ltd have announced an agreement for all three parties to jointly develop fuel cell buses.

Trevor Milton, Nikola CEO and founder of electric truck concern, Nikola Motor Company, at an event held at its WestWorld facility in Scottsdale, said the company was actively pursuing hydrogen as a ubiquitous fuel for its electric vehicles and that it had just committed to making an initial investment of USD16m to build Nikola's new fuel cell development laboratory and that staged investments in the new facility was expected to exceed several hundred million dollars.

After announcing development of a hydrogen-electric truck for European markets back in November, the electric vehicle pioneer, Nikola Motor Company unveiled Nikola Tre at a major event held at its WestWorld facility in Scottsdale.

AxleTech in March announced it had entered into a strategic agreement with Agility Fuel Solutions, a global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, to produce and deliver highly refined vehicle controls systems for advanced electric vehicle powertrains.

At ACT Expo 2019, traditional automatic transmission maker, Allison Transmission Inc and British bus and coach manufacturer, Alexander Dennis Ltd, announced they were working together to develop new efficient and powerful electric buses.

Nikola Motor Company has bought some 400 acres in Coolridge, Arizona, where eventually it plans to build hydrogen-electric Class 8 trucks.

Bridgend-based Backwatch Safety Products is launching a long-life version of its TICK GPS tracking device, which offers battery life of around 10 years making it ideally suited for fitment on containers or trailers.

Spartan Fleet Vehicles and Services which markets products under the Utilimaster, Spartan Upfit Services, and Strobes-R-Us brands, used the Association for the Work Truck Industry Work Truck Show in Indianapolis to introduce three new vehicle platforms.

Volgabus has delivered ten Volgabus CR12E electric buses to the city of St. Petersburg.