With an investment of more than USD30m, the Michelin Group of Clermont-Ferrand, France has started construction of its first ever end-of-life tyre recycling plant in the Antofagasta region of Chile, South America.

Kögel Trailer GmbH of Burtenbach has appointed Lionel Blancheton and Hernán Ceballos as country-specific consultants in the Kögel After Market division in France and Spain/Portugal.

Turin, Italy-based FPT Industrial is celebrating the production of its 10,000th Cursor NG. The natural gas engines are produced at its Bourbon-Lacey factory in France.

Paris-based transport operator, Transdev Group, is planning to introduce autonomous shuttles into global transport systems starting in Europe.

The first series produced Cristal Shuttle Bus has come off the production line in February this year at the premises of the New Mobilities division of the Lohr Group in Hangenbieten, France.

Forsee Power is launching a new generation of extra-thin batteries called SLIM. They are said to compose the thinnest modular range in the world and will be equipped with a liquid cooling system and can be applied for use in all types of heavy vehicle.

Paris-based Forsee Power, producer of smart battery systems for electro-mobility markets, has secured a loan of EUR50m from the European Investment Bank (EIB) taking finance borrowings in 2020 and to date to EUR105m for investment and in support of its growth into new electromobility markets and geographies.

French group, UTAC CERAM and British test engineering group, Millbrook Proving Ground Ltd, both key engineering partners to automotive customers in Europe and around the world, plan to merge operations to create a market leading group in vehicle testing, homologation, and emerging technologies for autonomous, connected, and electric vehicles.

Groupe Renault and Plug Power Inc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a 50-50 joint-venture based in France by the end of the first half of 2021.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, has merged with French motor manufacturer, Peugeot SA to create Stellantis N.V.

Transport operator, RATP Group in Paris has begun its first trial of a CaetanoBus H2.CityGold fuel cell powered bus on bus routes 189 and 21.

Renault Trucks SAS has supplied a fully-electric 26 tonne D Wide Z.E to Swiss haulier, Rhyner Logistik, fitted with solar panels on the vehicle body to provide additional ‘green electrical energy’ for the refrigeration unit.