Solaris has announced a new framework agreement with Österreichische Postbus AG of Vienna, providing options to deliver up to 106 battery and fuel-cell electric buses between now and 2025.

The Austrian manufacturer also increased production of trailers by 12% compared to 2020.

Wieshofer, who joins the Austrian trailer manufacturer from Rosenhauer, will be responsible for restructuring international sales.

The order was made as part of a state-sponsored project in Carinthia which seeks to foster the development of a hydrogen economy.

The Austrian trailer manufacturer sees Poland as a key market and aims to increase its market share to double figures within the next five years.

DB Schenker, which has placed one of the biggest orders for zero-emission trucks in Europe to date, will begin pilot testing in the spring and summer of next year.

A global memorandum of understanding was signed by fifteen governments at COP26, agreeing, among other commitments, to an interim goal of 30% of all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2030.

The Vienna-based subsidiary, led by Manfred Heidegger and Andreas Hager, will take over coordination of software development for pepper motion.

Volta Trucks signed a contract manufacturing agreement to produce the Volta Zero at the Steyr plant (formerly owned by MAN) from the end of 2022.

The German investment firm will take over MAN Truck & Bus Österreich, which will be renamed 'Steyr Automotive GmbH'.

Serial production of the prototype battery system, intended for eVersum's eShuttle range, is expected to take place at Microvast's European plant in Brandenburg, Germany.

AB Volvo Penta Industrial of Gothenburg, the marine and industrial powertrain division of the Volvo Group, has now started production of bespoke electric drivelines for fitment into the new electric fire truck built by the Rosenbauer Group of Leonding, Austria.