Olectra-BYD has announced it plans to open a second plant in North India by 2021 to meet growing demand.

Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd¹ of Pune, a division of Mumbai’s Tata Group, which offers a wide range of products and services for the automotive and commercial vehicle industries and SECO Seojin Automotive Co Ltd² of Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of South Korea, have entered into a joint venture to design, develop and manufacture clutch systems in India catering specifically for commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors.

Australian bus manufacturer, Volgren, has been engaged in several development projects for zero and low emission bus projects with BYD Company and Volvo Buses.

Iveco SpA, part of CNH Industrial NV, in conjunction with project partners, Amazon, Microsoft and Shell launched the new S-Way driver-centric heavy-duty truck at a presentation in Madrid last month.

Volvo Group and Samsung SDI have entered a strategic alliance to develop battery packs for Volvo’s electric trucks.

Tipping trailer and tipper body specialist, Weightlifter Bodies Ltd together with PPG Fabrications Ltd have been acquired by a newly-formed company, Grange Cross Ltd of Hull.

Blue Bird Corporation has inaugurated a new 60,000 sq ft paint shop facility at its Fort Valley assembly plant. Blue Bird states the investment will provide best-in-class paint coverage, minimise waste and improve production efficiency in school bus manufacture.

The California Energy Commission has announced qualifying buses passing its Technical Evaluation phase, can now be ordered through the Clean Transportation Programme’s Grant, GFO-18-604.

Cummins Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, all the issued and outstanding shares of fuel cell systems provider, Hydrogenics Corporation, for approximately USD290m.

The government of Moscow city and PJSC KAMAZ have signed an agreement whereby Kamaz will set up an assembly plant in the city for building more than 500 electric buses annually.

Mercedes-Benz Vans, a division of Daimler AG, is introducing vehicle drive style monitoring as standard on all new Sprinter and Vito Tourer models.

Giti Tire has launched its next generation, three-peak mountain snowflake certified, all-position urban-bus tyre – the Giti GAU867v1.