Tully is Co-Founder and Vice Chair of Earthrise Energy, an energy company based in the USA.

MFTBC said the partnership is part of its “Fuso eMobility Solutions” programme which supports customers’ shift to battery-powered trucks such as the eCanter light-duty truck.

She replaces Ulrich Hörnke in the role.

The plant, which is located in an industrial suburb of Chennai (called Oragadam), will produce various electrical components for CV chassis and, in the near future, air compressors for light- and medium-duty vehicles.

‘ZF [pro]Service’ is a new aftermarket offering which combines ‘ZF Service Point’, ‘ZF [pro]Tech’ (for CVs) and ‘WABCO Service Partner’.

The new Xcient has top of the range Isringhausen seats and front-axle air suspension.

Hyundai Motor Company has signed a distribution agreement for its Elec City battery-powered buses with an agency in Indonesia.

The ‘Open Platform for Autonomy’ (OPA) is a modular software platform intended to support would-be developers of semi- and fully-autonomous vehicles and subsystems.

Gillig has apparently bought the former Lightning eMotors site in Loveland, Colorado, and it will retain some of the company's engineers in order to turn it into a dedicated electric powertrain technology hub. 

The new headquarters and production facility represent an investment of more than USD37m.

The joint venture facility will grow quickly over the next several years, with the aim of recycling one million metric tons of vehicle tyre material by 2030, representing a third of all end-of-life tyres in Europe. 

He replaces Pipasu Soni, who will leave the company to “pursue other opportunities”.