Truck production in Brazil maintained an upward trend in the first quarter this year, despite the assembly lines being forced to shut down towards the end of March and has continued to the second week of April.

Truck sales in Brazil during the first quarter this year grew by 29.5%, 26,139 units compared with 20,160 units in the same period of 2020.

Volvo Trucks Corporation says the time is right for a rapid upswing in electrification of heavy road transport vehicles. This outlook is based on the ability of Volvo’s electric trucks to meet a broad variety of transport needs.

Iveco SpA of Turin, part of CNH Industrial NV, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Plus, a Silicon Valley, California, USA-based developer of autonomous trucking systems, to jointly develop autonomous Iveco trucks.

Electric truck manufacturer, Volta Trucks has appointed Essa Al-Saleh as chief executive officer of Volta Trucks AB and Volta Trucks Ltd as of  April 12, 2021.

In preparation for its spin-off from Daimler AG and an independent listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange planned for late 2021, Daimler Truck AG has announced the composition of its new Board of Management and a series of significant management and organisational changes, set to take place as of July 1, 2021.

The Department of Energy in the United States of America has announced availability of USD100m, over four years, regarding the SuperTruck 3 programme and additional funding for low greenhouse gas vehicles.

Paccar Inc of Bellevue, Washington, has entered a five-year supply agreement for battery power systems with Romeo Power Inc, headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Advanced Electric Machines Group Ltd of Washington, a spin-off from Newcastle University's electric motor research team, which is commercialising its electric motors for industry, has unveiled its series of HDSRMs for commercial vehicles and SSRDs for light and passenger car motors, which it believes are the world’s most sustainable motors for electric vehicles.

Truck manufacturers and environmentalists have joined forces to push for the deployment of 11,000 charging points for electric trucks across the EU by 2025, rising to 42,000 by 2030.

Purpose-designed 16t gvw electric truck manufacturer for distribution services, Volta Trucks, which is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, has announced it is exploring the possible manufacture of the Volta Zero in Spain as one of several possible sites in Europe.

Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda has launched a new high floor chassis model for the city bus BRT segment, the O500 R Super Padron.