A pair of FUSO eCanter 7.49t electric delivery trucks have entered service with operators in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the first in Scandinavia: One has joined the fleet of Citylogistik and the other is with Aastiderne, two well-known Danish transport operators.

Iveco SPA and FPT Industrial with operational headquarters in Turin, the CV and powertrain brands of CNH Industrial N.V., and HFC/electric highway truck start-up, Nikola Motor Company, which formed a joint venture in 2019, have announced they are to manufacture the Nikola TRE electric tractor at Iveco's chassis engineering hub in Ulm.

Truck and bus chassis and driveline part manufacturer, PE Automotive GmbH & Co KG, has acquired parts company, Monark Automotive GmbH together with the Monark brand for an undisclosed sum.

Global truck builder, Daimler Truck, has announced its next step forward in electrifying its truck range is to be the launch of the Mercedes-Benz eEconic.

Specialty truck builder, Mack Trucks – has announced a USD13m investment in a new assembly facility in its Roanoke Valley Operations specifically dedicated to assemble the new model range.

January 2020 saw Meritor Inc strengthen its electric drivetrain capabilities with its acquisition of all the remaining shares in Transportation Power Inc -  since 2010 a supplier of integrated drive systems, full electric truck solutions and energy-storage subsystems based in Escondido.

UK electric delivery van start-up, Arrival Ltd, has received an order from logistics giant, UPS, for 10,000 purpose-built electric vehicles.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd in Mumbai last month unveiled no fewer than 12 all-new BS VI-compliant medium and heavy-duty BharatBenz-branded trucks and buses, which have been fully updated inside and out, said the company.

LCV sales in Russia decreased by 1.9% to 104,224 units in 2019 from 106,224 vehicles in 2018 with the sales of foreign brands contracting by 6.5% from 36,670 to 34,288 units and the sales of Russia LCVs inching up by 0.5% from 69,554 to 69,936 units, according to statistics collated by Avtostat Info.

Truck (>5t gvw) sales in Russia in 2019 totalled 78,807 units, which was 3.3% fewer than the 80,702 trucks registered in 2018, according to figures produced by Avtostat Info.

Norwegian grocery distributor, ASKO AS last month began pilot operation of four Scania hydrogen fuel cell 26+1 tonnes gross vehicle weight trucks with an electric driveline.

Peterbilt Motors has supplied Werner Enterprises with a Model 579EV for its battery electric-powered truck pilot programme.