“Paccar reported record annual revenues and profitability in 2018 and has achieved an impressive 80 consecutive years of net income,” said Ron Armstrong, chief executive officer of Paccar Inc, truck builder under the Peterbilt, Kenworth and DAF Trucks brands.

Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company have reached formal agreements relating to broad alliances designed to boost competitiveness and serve customers better.

The Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published data on the severe lack of recharging and refuelling infrastructure suitable for electric and other alternatively-powered trucks across the EU.

Scania AB is developing a fuel cell refuse truck together with Renova AB, a waste management services company owned by a consortium of municipalities in western Sweden.

In Lithuania, Scania AB has partnered with logistics company, UAB Vlantana, and gas infrastructure developer, SG dujos, to trial gas-fuelled truck in the country for the first time.

Roger Alm has been appointed as a new member of Volvo’s Group Executive Board and President Volvo Trucks.

DAF Trucks NV has delivered its first fully electric truck to Dutch supermarket chain, Jumbo.

Daimler Trucks North America Inc delivered the first vehicle from its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet – a Freightliner eM2 – to Penske Truck Leasing last month (December 2018).

Meritor Inc has announced its involvement in 22 electrification programmes with global OEMs and expects to put at least 130 fully-electric medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks on the road in the next two years (2020).

Schmitz Cargobull AG says investments during 2017/18 year ending March 2018 and on-going into 2018/19 on technology and capacity expansion at its plant in Panevezys (where it builds a range of refrigerated and dry box van structures for trucks and trailers) will see daily output levels triple from April 2019.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems has introduced Active Decompression Technology, enabling heavy-duty commercial vehicles to benefit from an engine stop-start system and eliminating engine-shake at both start-up and shutdown.

Scania AB is testing a new generation of autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt operations in Western Australia.