With USD10m in additional shareholder funds the company will focus on deployment of electric tarmac buses at Bengaluru international airport and development of a mid-mile heavy-duty EV truck platform.

The Ghent factory is assembling battery electric versions of the heavy-duty FH, FM, and FMX ranges on the same production line as the diesel and natural gas ones.

Lumax Auto already supplies engine oil under the the 'Ultra' brand name.

New trails of electric parcel delivery vans will take place shortly ahead of an announcement by First Hydrogen of when and where it will to start series production. First Hydrogen says the aim of the trials is to gather more data on fuel consumption, usage and efficiency, to calculate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) more accurately.

UK operator, Newport Transport, appoints Equipmake to convert 8 of its double-deckers to electric power with its Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED).

The assets include production lines for battery pack assembly, battery testing and validation equipment, computer numerical control equipment, and module enclosure production.

The significance of this investment for InoBat is that this will provide access to Gotion's research and development, its raw materials (lithium etc.) supply chain, cell production and recycling capabilities which will accelerate InoBat’s path to series and large-scale production of battery cells.

The planned factory will be built in the Rijnmond region of the Netherlands before 2026 and will allow the Dutch startup to scale up production of its fuel cell systems to 1,000 units annually.

The two organisations aim to offer testing and certification services in the fields of Advanced Driver Systems (ADAS), Road-Load Data Acquisition (RLDA), and vehicle dynamics to OEMs, as well as to technology and component suppliers in the country.

The vehicle shown was a 26-tonne ‘E-Tech D Wide’ 6x2 chassis with inward folding "bus-style" doors and low step height.

The battery assembly launch will allow Scania to commence serial production of heavy-duty electric vehicles at Södertälje.

According to group figures, the Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) Division has profited from positive market developments, with incoming orders and an order book of EUR 2,212 million, up 15.8% on the previous year’s corresponding order book value (H1/22: EUR 1,911m).