Navistar International Corporation of Lisle, Illinois, USA is offering a free one-year factory-backed warranty for engine and after-treatment systems on its most popular used on-highway vehicles. The warranty is available on units purchased from any retail outlet through to December 2021 with service backed by a dealer support network of over 700 locations.

A European Union consortium consisting of 25 leading organisations in the hydrogen sector has been established to define, develop and test the first European standard for fuel cell modules for heavy duty applications.

BM Catalysts Ltd, the Mansfield-based manufacturer and exporter of catalytic converters and DPFs claims any problems encountered because of Brexit will be short term and the company was already seeing improvements in trade supply routes.

Turkish bus and coach manufacturer, Anadolu Isuzu of Çayirova-Kocaeli has announced it has widened its market penetration in Europe of the Visigo Hyper coach in right hand drive with the delivery of three units to Malta, delivered through its local dealer representative, Gasan Zammit Motors Ltd of Birkirkara.

Vanguard Truck Centers LLC, a dealer of Volvo Trucks North America Inc of Greensboro, North Carolina, has invested USD23m in a new facility, which is one of four locations in the Houston, Texas area, in addition to a full-service body shop.

A group of Japanese companies in December 2020 established the Japan Hydrogen Association, an association dedicated to the promotion of a global hydrogen-based eco-system.

Dutch specialist heavy-haulage trailer builder, Nooteboom BV, believes the UK market for special transport and heavy haulage shows growing interest for short and long term rental of specialist trailers.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has joined a consortium including battery system manufacturer and supplier to Solaris, and power generation and energy distributor, TAURON Polska Energia SA to implement a project titled ‘Second Life ESS’ aimed at creating a prototype system to store electric energy based on used bus batteries.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Its aim is to scale-up, by 2030, production and deployment of hydrogen as a fuel, produced by means of low-emission technologies and renewable energy sources.

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd has purchased the HRVS Group Ltd, thereby acquiring five dealerships located in Ripley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield, Scunthorpe and Sleaford, and a customer workshop in Burton upon Trent.

DAF, Iveco, Foton Caminhões, Mercedes-Benz, Scania, Volkswagen Trucks and Buses and Volvo Trucks Latin America have all added new dealers, adding more than 60 new truck dealer points in the country.

Electric commercial vehicle supplier, Lightning Systems, is expanding its manufacturing output to meet increased demand: The company is claiming an order book worth in excess of USD32m from both commercial and government fleet operations prompting the need to more than triple its manufacturing capacity in Loveland.