September 2019, Cummins Inc announced it had made a cash investment in Loop Energy Inc, a provider of fuel cell electric range extenders for medium and heavy-duty transport applications.

Further to the announcement by DAF Trucks NV in November of its development of an electric rigid truck, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm, ROVA.

The BRA14m (USD2.8m) deal, which was first announced last November, was finalised in February this year.

Renault Trucks SAS announced it would, in March, start series production of its D and D Wide ZE medium-duty electric trucks at its Blainville-sur-Orne plant.

Renault Trucks UK has selected EO Charging, a UK-based electric vehicle charger manufacturer, as its charging partner in its first retail and small and medium-sized e-mobility campaign.

Scania (Great Britain) Ltd through its main dealer in Maidstone, has supplied the first Scania hybrid truck in the UK to a removals firm, Matthew James Global Relocations.

Bruno Blim, president, Renault Trucks SAS, in a televised press conference last month, outlined the market performance of Renault Trucks and gave insights into how the company was investing to meet the challenges of the future.

Western Star Trucks announced delivery of its 200,000th truck in the USA.

Renault Trucks SAS invoiced 54,098 vehicles to maintain its market positions in 2019 in a commercial vehicle market consisting of a very dynamic first half (up 15%) and a less buoyant second half (down 18%), according to Bruno Blim, president of Renault Trucks in a televised interview last month.

Anadolu Isuzu Otomotiv Sanayi used last month’s edition of Busworld Turkey in Istanbul to announce its strategy to further increase its export business of its buses and coaches and trucks by expanding its presence to 60 countries over the next three years from 44 currently.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc is to introduce a new version of its Remote Programming services called Driver Display Activation.

Allison Transmission Inc has been selected as the standard transmission provider for the new Mack Trucks MD Series of medium-duty trucks.