The Used Parts Factory, a 3,000-square-metre plant situated within its Vénissieux site and close to its headquarters, will be used for dismantling end-of-life Renault Trucks vehicles.

The French refrigeration manufacturer will establish a dedicated truck-trailer refrigeration sales and aftermarket organisation to serve the Iberian Peninsula.

Benalu will merge its activities with those of Legras, becoming the newly formed ‘Benalu-Legras Group’, with Benalu CEO Arnaud de Ponnat as Chairman and Legras President Jean-Rémy Legras as shareholder. 

Iveco Bus is already far ahead towards production of zero emission vehicles with its Rorthais plant in France fully dedicated to electrication of city buses.

Elogen will supply the joint venture firm with a PEM electrolyser, which will produce one tonne of low-carbon hydrogen per day for Symbio at its projected facility in Saint-Fons, France.

The joint venture firm released details of its ‘Hymotive’ global strategy, involving the ramp up of production and research at its first Gigafactory in Saint-Fons, currently under construction.

Renault will collaborate with Phoenix Mobility to develop a proof-of-concept retrofit kit for converting Renault Master vans to electric power.

The so-called 'Volta Trucks Studio', is unconventionally situated in the heart of the French capital, will be customer-facing and focused on sales in the Paris region.

Forsee Power and EDF Store & Forecast have signed a partnership to develop intelligent stationary electricity storage systems utilising used or ‘second life’ batteries from heavy-duty electric vehicles.

Roadbotics primarily advises local authorities on road maintenance by identifying priority areas of concern with its AI technology, which employs machine-learning to analyse images of roads taken from cameras.

Air Liquide and Siemens Energy AG is to form a joint venture in Berlin for series production of industrial scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers in Europe to aid acceleration of the hydrogen economy.

Iveco Bus unveils new low floor city bus -Streetway - available with CNG, Biogas and Euro VIe diesel