CJPT in Japan, a technology development partnership company and JV involving Toyota Motor Corporation, Hino Motors Ltd (a Toyota subsidiary) and Isuzu Motors Ltd, has announced a programme to research a standard, commercial, swappable and rechargeable battery cartridge for use in electric vehicles.

The three Japanese firms will develop hydrogen fuel cell-powered light trucks for the mass market through their research joint venture Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies, established last year to “help address various challenges facing the transportation industry as well as contribute to the achievement of a carbon-neutral society.”

The electrification specialist retrofitted an Isuzu FRR - complete with a truck-mounted attenuator - with an electric powertrain for Dempsey Wood, making it New Zealand's first fully-electric traffic safety vehicle.

Toyota, Daihatsu and others are working together to study more efficient ways of sourcing biomass and producing bioethanol for use as a fuel.

Horizon Plus buys land in Bangkok, Thailand to build e-buses.

The South Korean tyre manufacturer showcased its new hot retreading space, which takes up around 2,000 square metres of the 15,000-square-metre site in Hammelburg

EnergyAustralia will help SEA Electric to offer an "end-to-end solution", advising its customers on how to best meet their charging needs.

LG Energy Solution Ltd (LGES) Seoul, South Korea, has announced it is to supply traction (EV) batteries to Isuzu Motors Ltd of Shinagawa, Japan in a multi-year deal worth an estimated KRW1trn (USD765m).

250 Fuso Canter trucks CKD-assembled in South Africa going to Baker’s Inn bakery in Zimbabwe

The corporation has made a EUR50m equity investment into Vulcan Energy, which is currently operating a zero-emission project in the Upper Rhine Valley for the extraction of critical vehicle battery elements.

The French tyre manufacturer has acquired complete ownership of joint-venture firm Royal Lestar Utama, launched in 2015 to develop sustainable production of natural rubber in Indonesia.

The Canadian company will work together with Aluminium Revolutionary Chassis Company to develop and manufacture Australia’s first zero-emissions bus with a full-length aluminium chassis.