Hexagon Purus ASA, based in Ålesund, Norway, has been selected to supply hydrogen tanks to New Flyer Industries, based in Winnipeg, Canada, for use in its Xcelsior CHARGE H2 fuel cell transit bus. The total value of the contract is estimated at around USD2 million.

The Czech manufacturing plant of Turin, Italy-based Iveco Bus, located in Vysoké Mýto, has produced its 150,000th bus. Located around 150km east of Prague, the plant has been producing vehicles since 1895, previously for historical Czech companies Sodomka and Karosa.

Vancouver, British Columbia-based First Hydrogen Corp has announced that its green hydrogen van will begin demonstrator testing in June 2022. First Hydrogen has partnered with Ballard Power Systems Inc of Vancouver, Canada, and the UK subsidiary of AVL List GmbH, AVL Powertrain UK Ltd of Hartlebury, to provide the drive components for the vehicle. The two demonstrator vans have been sourced from MAN SE, based in Munich, Germany, and are currently at AVL’s UK headquarters.

Sales of light commercial vehicles weighing less than or equal to 3,500 kg in Italy were up 14.9% in 2021 on the year before, growing from 159,590 units to 183,320, according to figures collated and provided by ANFIA.

Sales of medium and heavy trucks (weighing more than 3,500kg) in Italy, according to ANFIA, grew by 5% over pre-pandemic levels, increasing from 23,606 in 2019 to 24,776 in 2021.

Votla Trucks has announced that it has raised EUR230m in its Series C funding round to support the production of its upcoming zero-emission, medium-duty truck, the Volta Zero, in 2023.

Stuttgart-based Daimler Truck AG has announced its Mercedes-Benz Trucks brand will be launching the third generation of its OM 471 heavy-duty commercial vehicle engine. The new engine is now available to order and will be ready to deliver from October 2022.

Kodiak Robotics Inc, based in Mountain View, California, and CEVA Logistics of Houston, Texas, have teamed up to deliver freight autonomously between Dallas Fort-Worth and Austin; and Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.

Mercedes-Benz do Brasil recently delivered 110 Sprinter 416 vans to the Fire Department and 54 units of the same model to the Community Policing Program (Mobile Base) of the Military Police in São Paulo.

Hyvia, a joint venture between Renault Group and Plug Power based in Villiers-Saint-Frédéric, France, has inaugurated its plant at Renault Group’s manufacturing site in Flins, France. Hyvia states it is ready to begin assembly and testing of fuel cell modules based on Plug Power’s technology.

BYD do Brasil has launched its newest truck on the Brazilian market, the eT712.220, which has a total gross weight of 12 tons and is equipped with a two-speed transmission integrated into the e-axle.

Mercedez-Benz do Brasil celebrated the silver anniversary (25 years) of its Sprinter light-duty vehicle range in Brazil with the launch of the new Sprinter Street models, which are fitted with new PROCONVE L7-compliant engines.