BYD Inc has expanded operations in North America by opening its first electric bus assembly plant in Newmarket.

The SAF-Holland Group, supplier of truck and trailer components, and the Humbaur Group's Kögel Trailer GmbH, have concluded a multi-year contract for the delivery of trailer axles and landing gears with an envisaged contract value in the low three-digit million range.

Kohei Umeno, business development at CaetanoBus at UITP 2019 in Stockholm, last month announced it is planning to launch its second-generation electric bus chassis at Busworld 2019 in Brussels in October.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc has confirmed Volvo Active Driver Assist 2.0, a comprehensive collision mitigation system, will become standard equipment in the new Volvo VNR and VNL models, and available on VNX models, later this year.

The first Static Recharge Station by Alstom for buses is being installed in Malaga for operation with two electric buses, one from Alstom Aptis, and the other from Linkker Oy.

The UK’s largest tipper body builder, Thompsons Group, announced in Harrogate at TipEx 2019 at the end of May, that over the past two years it has invested GBP4.5m in new technologies at its Croydon, Blackburn and Edinburgh facilities, enhancing quality still further and cutting build times in the process.

DAF First Choice Trucks, the quality label under which DAF Trucks offers used trucks, has enhanced its warranty.

Further details of the second generation of the Orion E low floor electric bus from Mellor Coachcraft Ltd states it features a front-wheel-drivetrain developed by EMOSS Mobile Systems BV and is powered by Li-Ion batteries.

Cummins Ltd, the European manufacturing hub for Cummins Inc, announced its readiness to meet Euro VI-step D emissions control with clean diesels at the UITP Congress.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc alongside automated vehicle software provider, Perceptive Automata and customer, Dependable Highway Express, has unveiled a collaborative innovation project designed to strengthen safety capabilities for the trucking industry through automation.

Bus manufacturer, Otokar, used the UITP Congress in Stockholm last month to launch its first full-sized electric bus.

Krone Commercial Vehicle Group has signed an agreement to acquire all the shares of the Dutch moving floor trailer builder, Knapen Group, and includes its subsidiaries Knapen Trailers BV, Knapen Service BV and Trailned BV.