Owing to poor cash flow, the NFI Group is set to receive a support package worth approximately USD187m from the Government of Manitoba and Export Development Canada.

Perrone will retrofit a 'Zeus 400' electric shuttle bus supplied by Phoenix Motorcars with its 'TONY' autonomous driving kit, which will provide it with Level 4 autonomy.

The ACEA published a position paper which reviews the current European Council directive on the maximum weights and dimensions of heavy-duty vehicles and provides recommendations for changes which it believes would be more accommodating to zero-emission vehicles.

The regulations which have been proposed - comprising packaging and recycling requirements - would cover the entire life cycle of the battery.

The country’s commercial vehicle market has declined sharply over the last two years, as economic growth continues to weaken due mainly to the global Covid pandemic. Last month’s decline was at a much slower rate than in over the last year, due mainly to the low base effect.

The commercial vehicle market in Colombia continues to record steady growth: In the first nine months of the year registrations increased by 17.5% to 30,060 units compared with 25,590 in the same period last year, according to data released by Andemos (National Association for Sustainable Mobility).

The Chilean commercial vehicle market closed the year to the end of September 2022 with registrations of 13,829 units, an increase of 5.9% compared with 13,059 units in the same period of 2021.

The Argentinian commercial vehicle market was reported to have grown by 1.5% with sales of 11,746 units in the first nine months of 2022, compared with 11,576 units in the same period last year, according to data from SIOMAA SA, a data analysis company specializing in the automotive sector.

Scania has divided its Industrial Operations unit into two: Production & Logistics, headed by Holm, and Research & Development and Purchasing, headed by Anders Williamsson.

Aksel, who was Chief Purchasing Officer for the Volkswagen Group, succeeds Stefan Gramse to the role.

Iriarte replaces Javier Calleja, who has served as CEO since October 2018.

Steve Hoeft, who was previously COO replaces Chris Ripani as President of Bridgestone's CTG division, effective immediately.