Godfried Terberg becomes Chairman while Rob van Hove takes the lead in design and manufacturing of shunting vehicles.

Ballard Power Systems of Vancouver, British Columbia, has announced the company’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology has now powered medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles for a combined total of over 100 million kilometres.

Daimler Truck AG, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, based in Stuttgart, Germany, has started series production of its fully electric eActros truck, with the first completed model rolling off the assembly line at the company’s facility in Wörth am Rhein.

Autonomous vehicle specialist Kodiak Robotics Inc, based in Mountain View, California, has announced a fourth generation of its autonomous truck system.

EV automaker BrightDrop (a subsidiary of General Motors Corp.) of Detroit, Michigan, has announced completion of the first series production units of its EV600 light commercial vehicle.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, has partnered with autonomous trucking company, Gatik of Palo Alto, California, with a goal to advance the development of mobility solutions for the autonomous B2B short-haul logistics industry.

Allison Transmission of Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Italian-Chinese JV, SAIC Iveco Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd of Chongqing, China, have announced a memorandum of understanding to integrate Allison’s eGen Power 130D e-axle into SAIC Hongyan’s regional and long-haul trucks.

Daimler Truck AG, based in Stuttgart, Germany, is currently conducting testing of Level 4 autonomous trucks on public roads in the USA, alongside its autonomous systems subsidiary, Torc Robotics.

The news was announced at Freight in the City Expo following a successful trial with the French manufacturer's D ZE series truck at customer Recycling Lives' recyling park.

FAW will handle the installation of PlusDrive technology in its customers' vehicles, which will become the very first driver-in autonomous trucks to operate in China.

The Science Based Targets initiative is a global partnership which helps companies to set targets in line with the Paris Agreement, which aims to keep global warming below 2°C.

The agreement provides Nikola to right to issue and sell up to USD600m of its common stock in aggregate to the New York-based firm.