Sales of medium and heavy trucks (weighing more than 3,500kg) in Italy, according to ANFIA, grew by 5% over pre-pandemic levels, increasing from 23,606 in 2019 to 24,776 in 2021.

Sales of light commercial vehicles weighing less than or equal to 3,500 kg in Italy were up 14.9% in 2021 on the year before, growing from 159,590 units to 183,320, according to figures collated and provided by ANFIA.

Votla Trucks has announced that it has raised EUR230m in its Series C funding round to support the production of its upcoming zero-emission, medium-duty truck, the Volta Zero, in 2023.

The corporate venture capital fund of Scania has made an investment in logistics software company Parcelly Ltd for an undisclosed sum.

Orlando, Florida-based Luminar Technologies Inc has announced it is to acquire a high-performance laser chip manufacturer, Freedom Photonics LLC, based in Santa Barbara, California.

Hyliion Holdings Corporation, based in Austin, Texas, has announced the appointment of Cheri Lantz to the role of Chief Strategy Officer. Most recently, Lantz served as Vice President of Strategy for the Transportation Solutions Segment at TE Connectivity, where she was responsible for helping shape a forward-looking strategy within the automotive, commercial vehicle, and sensors industries.

Production has been brought to a standstill at MAN's Munich and Krakow plants due to a halt in the supply of truck wiring harnesses from Ukraine.

MAN, Knorr-Bremse, and Bosch are working together in a research and development project, called ATLAS-L4, with the aim of putting autonomous trucks on German motorways by the middle of the decade.

Kodiak Robotics Inc, based in Mountain View, California, and CEVA Logistics of Houston, Texas, have teamed up to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas Fort-Worth and Austin; and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.

In March, the Brazilian Government in capitol city of Brasília, agreed the launch of a Methane Reduction Programme under an agreement called the Special Regime of Incentives for the Development of Infrastructure (REIDI) to encourage production and sustainable use of biomethane in Brazil.

Just over six months after the launch of its first 100% electric truck model, VWCO has already provided more than 16,000 training courses to the most diverse audiences, with the aim of qualifying everyone involved in the production chain to accelerate introduction of electrification. 

BYD do Brasil has launched its newest truck on the Brazilian market, the eT712.220, which has a total gross weight of 12 tons and is equipped with a two-speed transmission integrated into the e-axle.