The new Xcient has top of the range Isringhausen seats and front-axle air suspension.

Hino's shareholding is to be cut from 50% to 4.83% in GAC Hino Motors Company Ltd, with a 39.72% stake being transferred to Guangzhou Automobile Group.

LaFontaine Automotive Group will set up and manage two dealerships for Bollinger Motors in the state of Michigan: one in Lansing and the other in Farmington Hills.

With almost CNY1bn (USD138m) invested in the new “Super Plant”, which occupies an area of 72,000 sq m, it can assemble and paint up to 320,000 sets of drive axles per year.

Isuzu together with partner, Honda, last month began testing a prototype of the Giga Fuel Cell heavy-duty truck on roads in Japan.

Einride has partnered with American food producer Mars Inc, to provide a fleet of digitally optimised electric heavy-duty trucks across Mars’ European network by 2030.

Allison is set to supply Oshkosh Corporation with electric axles for North America’s first fully integrated electric refuse vehicle, the McNeilus Volterra ZSL.

Nikola claims that, by navigating to “what3words addresses”, drivers will find their destinations more easily – particularly in cases where a single conventional address has multiple entrances and drop-off points.

Following the acquisition, which is set to close shortly, SAF-Holland will be able to expand its offering of special axle systems which were not previously part of its product portfolio.

Eaton has added a remanufactured Advantage line of clutches to its heavy-duty product portfolio which will service the ageing truck market.

The iron foundry in Heerlen, operated by subsidiary company ‘VDL Castings Heerlen’, produces cast-iron parts for multiple sectors, including the truck industry.

The iQ-Cruise will be integrated with Eaton’s portfolio of automated manual transmissions, including the Eaton Cummins range.