Schmidt will take over from the incumbent CEO and company founder on 1 October, and will be responsible for bringing Torc Robotics’ autonomous driving technology to series production.

DAF UK has appointed new sales directors, including Nigel Beckett as UK Parts Sales & Marketing Director, and a new EV Sales and Services team.

The Canadian manufacturer of fuel cell systems is moving into a facility located in Grays, near the Port of London and OEM customer Tevva, marking Loop Energy’s entry into the European industrial economy.

Lohscheller is now promoted to President and CEO of the corporation, roles which Mark Russell will be giving up when he retires at the end of the year.

Munhoz will report to Mats Gunnarsson, executive vice president of global commercial operations, who is based at the headquarters in Sweden.

Onofrio Defina, COO of EMEA and Stefano Gava, COO Americas will swap roles in order to encourage “cross fertilisation” of expertise and ideas.

The exhaust and thermal management specialist has appointed board members responsible for finance, strategy, and division management, expanding the board from three to seven personnel.

The company is recruiting more than 60 new employees at the plant, following recent growth in its wheels business.

Gramse, who has worked for MAN since 2020, will be the board member responsible for procurement.

The companies will partner with the United Nations World Food Programme to build a transport training centre in Accra, dedicated to courses in road transport, fleet management, and temperature-controlled logistics.

Wright, who founded the company with his father in 1946, is credited with leading the design of the first British-built electric bus in 1999 and, in 2015, the world’s first fuel-cell electric double-deck bus.

Dr Srinath Rengarajan has been appointed as Senior Manager of Corporate Product & Strategy.