Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG have signed further agreements to accelerate and expand their previously announced global car and light commercial vehicle alliance, first announced almost a year ago in July 2019.

Daimler Trucks & Buses, a division of Daimler AG, has announced it is now offering Sideguard Assist as a retrofit solution for almost all its trucks, buses and coaches made by the Mercedes-Benz and Setra brands.

Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd, a company established in 2017 to convert medium and heavy trucks to be fully battery electric, has announced it is to fit a real-time battery monitoring system to all its vehicles as they come off the production line in Blackburn.

Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd has announced contract services provider, Biffa, has placed an order for 27 all-electric waste trucks for its Manchester City Council waste management operations.

Electric delivery vehicle start-up, Arrival Ltd, which in February announced a contract to supply UPS in the United States with up to 10,000 purpose-designed low floor delivery electric vans, last month added a battery-powered  all-electric bus to its portfolio of vehicles.

Microvast GmbH - a subsidiary of fast charging traction battery producer, Microvast Inc - says it plans to build a battery and e-powertrain R&D/production plant in Ludwigsfelde for the EMEA market.

Penso, specialising in design and production of lightweight composite products for some of the biggest brands in the aerospace and automotive sectors has announced its entry into the UK commercial vehicle bodybuilding segment with plans to transform the home delivery sector.

Clarience Technologies, LLC is the new holding company name for Truck-Lite Holdings Inc; the company formally announced the name change on May 11, 2020.

Trailar, which supplies and fit solar kits for fitting on the roofs of trucks, trailers and buses has announced delivery and fit of more than 1,000 vehicles globally in its three years of operations.

Toyota Motor Corporation and its truck-making subsidiary, Hino Motors Ltd in March announced plans to jointly develop a fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck and to jointly push ahead with initiatives that will encourage the commercial adoption of hydrogen fuel-cell technologies, including verification tests and other initiatives.

The Board of Directors at truck and trailer connections and fleet data telematics specialist, Phillips Industries Inc, has made Rob Phillips (47) chief executive officer (CEO), effective March 15, 2020.

GAZ has started sales of additional models of the Sadko NEXT off-road truck by offering an extended wheelbase (C41A43) and a two-row cab option (C42A43).