Allison Transmissions Inc has entered a partnership with Hyundai Motor Company to coincide with the launch of the Allison 1000 xFE fully automatic transmission in the 2.5 and 3.5-ton Mighty Light Duty Truck.

The latest Euro VI Phase-D design evolution of the Cummins 2.8-litre and 3.8-litre F Series engines is being launched at Busworld Turkey this month.

Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company, the South Korean subsidiary of India’s Tata Motors Ltd, in February announced a plan to strengthen its truck line-up over the next few years as part of an initiative to reverse a sharp decline in recent sales.

Ebusco, a company started in 2010 dedicated to the manufacture of electric buses using European sourced electric driveline technologies with buses built in China, from  the middle  of 2020 plans to start manufacturing its battery electric buses completely in Europe.

January 2020 saw Hap Seng Trucks Distribution Sdn Bhd and Daimler Trucks Asia launch a new heavy Fuso truck, the Mitsubishi-Fuso FJ1828R on the Malaysian market.

February saw UD Trucks appoint Zahid Tractor & Heavy Machinery Co Ltd, as its exclusive importer and distributor of trucks, parts and aftermarket services in Saudi Arabia following the termination of a similar agreement with the Rolaco Group.

EU regulators voted in February 2019 to relax restrictions on truck cab lengths, in return for the adoption of cab design requirements which improve aerodynamics and could reduce the 4,200 truck associated road deaths and serious injuries experienced by European cyclists and pedestrians each year.

MAN Truck and Bus (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian unit of MAN Germany, in January appointed Andrew O’Brooks as its new managing director.

The UK government has pledged GBP5bn to be spent on bus services and to encourage cycling over the next five years, which includes the introduction of at least 4,000 new zero emission buses.

Bus and coach builder, Iveco Bus, has signed an agreement with Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş for Otokar to manufacture buses and coaches under the Iveco Bus brand locally at its facilities in Sakarya.

Dana Inc has started production of its Spicer Electrified eS9000r e-Axle for Class 4 and Class 5 commercial fleet applications.

Electric bus manufacturer, Proterra Inc, has collaborated with Daimler subsidiary Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation to develop the MT50e, a new all-electric delivery truck chassis.