Over the last year, several large Brazilian transport companies like Ambev, Braspress, Pepsi and Ouro Verde, have started to replace some of their urban delivery fleet vehicles with electric ones, especially for delivery services in urban areas.

B-ON is the new brand name and logo for Luxembourg-based start-up, Odin Automotive S.à r.l., with plans for supplying last mile zero-emission light-duty delivery vehicle solutions in Europe, Asia, and North America as well as other global markets.

Stellantis will produce the new range of LCVs, including diesel and battery-electric drivelin options, at its Polish and Italian plants, and then supply them to TME.

The Israeli firm is currently preparing a 130,000-sq-ft facility for the production of 'P7' Class 3-5 commercial electric vehicle platforms in Coventry, UK, which will be followed by another site in Texas, USA.

Lightning eMotors Inc, has announced a partnership with AI company Perrone Robotics to provide customers with Class 3-7 commercial vehicles equipped with varying levels of autonomy.

Aspoeck UK is now offering a modular solar panel charging system for commercial vehicles vans, trucks, trailers and bus and coach.

Sales of LCV trucks with a gvw ≤ 7.5t grew by 15.2% to 456,032 units in financial year ending March 31, 2022 (FY2021/22), from 395,783 units a year earlier.

Sales in India of light-duty trucks (GVW ≤ 7.5t) grew by 19.0% to 148,890 units in Q4 of FY2021-22 (January to March 2022), up from 125,160 units in same period last year.

Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Co has received an order from Penske Truck Leasing for 750 units of its E-Transit cargo van. Initially, Penske’s E-Transit vans will be made available in Southern California, with other locations in the US to be phased in later in the year.

First Hydrogen Corp, based in Vancouver, Canada, has announced its hydrogen strategy for the UK market. The firm plans to build four hydrogen production facilities across the UK, each featuring a refuelling station to serve commercial vehicles.

The camshaft manufacturer is developing electrification kits tailored towards retrofitting vehicles in India’s sub-three tonne segment, built at a plant either in Pune or Solapur.

Pinnacle Mobility, a new entrant in EV manufacturing, is investing up to USD261.5m to make 9m and 12m electric buses and electric mini-trucks to cater to the booming last-mile mobility space.