In March, Tatung signed a contract to supply electric drive systems to local commercial vehicle manufacturer, Tangeng Advanced Vehicles.

Electric bus and light van builder, Switch Mobility Automotive Ltd of Bengaluru has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Siemens Ltd of Mumbai, India to address jointly the need of electric commercial vehicle customers and execute e-mobility projects in India.

Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd (SWPL) of Chennai - a Shapoorji Pallonji Group company and one of India’s leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) companies - has announced that it is diversifying in the electric mobility segment in India through an agreement with Italian electric charging infrastructure company, Enel X of Rome, Italy, a subsidiary of the Enel Group.

DAF Truck NV of Eindhoven, The Netherlands – a Paccar Inc company - under the Paccar brand name, is to offer a full range of high-end solutions to charge the batteries of its new LF Electric and CF Electric trucks, as well as other electric commercial vehicles, including vans.

Swiss energy company, ABB Ltd of Zurich, Switzerland and Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com Inc company based in Bangalore, are to collaborate on joint development of a cloud-based digital solution for the real-time fleet management of electric vehicles. The solution aims to optimise the efficient use of electric vehicles and speed up the electrification of transport fleets.

The BYD-ADL partnership for the British market is introducing additional electric bus charging options to improve operational flexibility. In addition to AC plug charging, all zero emission buses can now be specified with DC sockets, while double deck buses also have the option of roof-mounted connector rails for OppCharge pantographs.

The Department of Energy in the United States of America has announced availability of USD100m, over four years, regarding the SuperTruck 3 programme and additional funding for low greenhouse gas vehicles.

Truck manufacturers and environmentalists have joined forces to push for the deployment of 11,000 charging points for electric trucks across the EU by 2025, rising to 42,000 by 2030.

ROCSYS, Grivix GmbH and VDL Enabling Transport Solutions are working together to develop a robotic charging solution for Heavy Duty Charging under the grant-funded Eurostars project, Autocharge.

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), based in Brussels, has agreed a set of new labels for electric vehicles and charging stations for certifying compliance with the EU Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels and infrastructure (2014/94/EU). The new labels will start to be used throughout Europe as of March 20 this year.

A new overhead wire system in the Italian city of Pescara is to charge battery-powered buses equipped with In Motion Charging (IMC) technology from Kiepe Electric GmbH of Dusseldorf, Germany, a subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse AG of Munich.

ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ashok Leyland Ltd to conduct trials of Hitachi ABB’s electric bus flash charging system, the first of which will take place on the University campus at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.