Finance will be made available to customers of Nikola's Class 8 electric trucks as well as current and future Nikola dealerships.

The 536 and 537 Peterbilt trucks can now be fitted with Cummins' latest gas engine, the B6.7N, in place of a diesel engine.

Seven million units of the Citan, Vito and Sprinter lines of light commercial vehicle have been delivered since the Sprinter was first launched in 1995.

‘Vehicle markets worldwide are seeing governments introduce legislation to fast track the shift in powertrain type from vehicles with traditional combustion engine technology to vehicles powered using zero emission electric drive systems,’ writes Voith Turbo of Heidenheim in a recent press release.

Two Dutch bus builders, Ebusco Holding N.V., based in Deurne, and VDL Bus & Coach B.V., headquartered in Valkenswaard, have been awarded the Red Dot Award for their 3.0 and Citea models. VDL has previously won the award for its Citea bus in 2017.

Greenpower Motor Co, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has launched a Type A battery electric school bus named Nano BEAST (Battery Electric Automotive School Transportation) for the US market. The firm claims the Nano BEAST is the only purpose-built zero-emission Type A school bus on the market. In addition, GreenPower claims that the vehicle will feature the largest standard battery pack for a Type A school bus on the market, providing up to 150 miles of range.

Macon, Georgia-based school bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corp has received the largest order of electric school buses in its history from Modesto City Schools in California. The order covers 30 units, enough to convert nearly half of the school district’s fleet to zero emission vehicles. Deliveries of the vehicles are scheduled for Q4 2022.

GreenPower Motor Company Inc, based in Vancouver, Canada, has signed a supply agreement with Cincinnati, Ohio-based Workhorse Group Inc, for the supply of 1,500 GreenPower Star cab and chassis for use in Workhorse’s new Class 4 W750 step van line.

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.