Westport has agreed to sell its light-duty interests, including its OEM and independent aftermarket businesses, to a Dutch investment firm for USD73.1m.

The Peterbilt ‘Model 579’ and Kenworth ‘T680’ will now be offered with the latest Bendix ‘Fusion’ package, which uses a forward-facing camera to enable collision mitigation systems such as “pedestrian automatic emergency braking”.

Trial production to start in Q4, 2025.

Acelera powertrains to be used in US-made F-series truck

The Enviro100EV body was constructed in Zhuhai, China, and the chassis assembled at Alexander Dennis's facility in Scarborough, England.

The facility is to be extended/expanded in two phases: The first phase is to add 60,000 square feet of production space to the existing 100,000-square-foot facility.

The ‘Volvo 7800 Electric’ is a range of articulated and bi-articulated buses intended for dedicated bus lanes in urban transport networks.

They will be sold alongside Iveco’s own ‘Daily’ range of large vans, expanding its portfolio in the light commercial vehicle segment.

The ‘MD6’ and ‘MD7’ Class 6-7 trucks will now be offered with a heavier rear axle and the Cummins ‘B6.7’ engine, which has a rating of 325 horsepower.

The contract is the second major order from a North American customer announced by Solaris since it laid out its strategy for entering the market at UITP 2023.

The new VNR will be installed with the ‘D13’ variable geometry turbo engine as standard.

36,497 light duty buses were registered in the first threequarters of FY 2024-25.