The Finnish firm is investing EUR1.9bn to expand production at its refinery from 1.4m to 2.7m tons per year, beginning in the first half of 2026.

The Finnish company's technology is being piloted in a six-month project which will test its performance in the demanding weather conditions of the far north of Norway.

Finnish electric charging provider Kempower Oyj has announced it is bringing its Kempower C- and S-Series range of electric chargers to the North American market.

Daimler Truck AG, based in Stuttgart, Germany, has announced the Mercedes-Benz eEconic has completed its final endurance tests before the start of series production. The eEconic was tested in the Arctic Circle at temperatures as low as -25°C to prepare it for its intended municipal use in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Kempower has announced it is to supply 70 fast chargers to operator Keolis. The chargers will support the Keolis fleet in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sensible 4 will retrofit MOOVE's battery-electric shuttle bus with its Level 4 autonomous driving technology, with trials set to begin in February 2022.

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 new-generation Citea LE-122 buses, which enter production in late 2022, will serve in the city of Kotka and on routes to nearby Hamina.

Collaboration between Scania’s bus and coach division, Gasum and Flixbus, will see the introduction of the first biogas-fuelled long distance LNG-powered coach route between Stockholm and Oslo.

The first New Generation Citea from VDL Bus & Coach BV has been ordered by the Koiviton Auto Group in Finland for operation in the 2021 ‘European Green Capital’ of the city of Lahti.

VDL Bus & Coach NV (a VDL Groep subsidiary) has supplied Finnish operator, Koiviston Auto Group with 31 Citea Electric LLE-115 buses which will be deployed in Lahti and Kuopio.

Tyre maker, Hankook Tire, is working with SK Planet of Seoul, a data and test subsidiary of SK Telecom, to develop smart tyre technology.