Electric truck protagonist, Volta Trucks, has appointed Italian producer of lightweight composites, CPC Group, to develop and supply sustainable and recyclable composite exterior body panels for the Volta Zero.

Volta Trucks, a specialist start-up looking to manufacture electric commercial vehicles for the medium-duty delivery segment, took a step further to these ambitions last month with its announcement of its first running prototype chassis of the Volta Zero.

Renault Trucks has opened an adaptation centre at its medium-duty D and D Wide truck plant in Blainville-sur-Orne, Normandy.

Renault Trucks has confirmed it will offer a complete range of electric trucks from 2023, addressing each segment, covering distribution, construction and long distance.

Phillips Poland is making substantial investments in its European production facility in response to rapid growth in demand for its products in Europe. These investments are also to align its capabilities more closely with European and world wide markets.

Renault Trucks used the ITT Hub to introduce its new, Low Entry Cab on its full electric 26 tonne D Wide chassis for urban applications for the UK and Irish markets.

Warburtons has taken delivery of its first 16-tonne D Z.E. electric truck from Renault Trucks for its bread fleet operation in Enfield, London.

FPT Industrial has introduced a new manual transmission, the FT50.6, for light commercial vehicles up to 8 tonnes gvw, which, according to the powertrain division of CNH Industrial, offers a significant upgrade on its previous-generation of rear-wheel drive transmissions.

Iveco has celebrated the 600,000th Eurocargo produced at its Brescia plant, Italy. The milestone vehicle was powered by compressed natural gas.

June 2021 saw ABBA BidCo, a subsidiary of BorgWarner, acquire 89.08% of Darmstadt-based battery producer, AKASOL, for USD648m. 

REE Automotive has completed its merger with 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corporation on July 22, 2021, following approval of shareholders.

Vehicle and powertrain hardware and software developer, FEV North America has entered a long-term agreement with electrified powertrain systems provider, Hyliion to support the design, development, integration, and production validation of their innovative Electric Range Extender for Class 8 tractor trailer applications.