FEV, the Aachen-based engineering services consultancy specialist revealed a new 48-volt electric drive axle system at the Vienna Motor Symposium in May.

Trailar Ltd, a new producer of solar-powered electric systems used to provide supplementary electrical energy for use with on-board ancillary equipment in trucks and buses, is seeing fast-growing demand for its products.

From June 2019, all Mercedes-Benz Sprinter production for the UK is to include Stop/Start technology as standard equipment.

Following an announcement by ZF Friedrichshafen AG at the end of 2016 that it was forming two joint ventures in China with Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd to produce and sell commercial vehicle transmissions, the second of these two joint ventures - ZF Foton HCV Automated Transmissions (Jiaxing) Co Ltd, which is 51% owned by ZF and set up to build its heavy-duty TraXon transmission for trucks and coaches in China - has started production at a new production facility in Jiaxing.

Evobus GmbH has received a record order for 56 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric urban buses from ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft GmbH.

Articulation systems specialist, Hübner GmbH & Co KG has added to its product portfolio for the bus and rail industries with the acquisition of Gummi-Welz GmbH und Co KG, a producer of rubber sealing, insulation and isolation materials and glass-fibre reinforced plastic products for the transportation industry.

Gangway systems specialist for the bus and rail industries, Hübner GmbH & Co KG, is building a new factory for the manufacture of elastic polymer material products in Dunlap.

Wabco Holdings Inc, a supplier of braking control systems and advanced technologies for commercial vehicles, recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of its expansion of its Erich Reinecke test track in Jeversen.

Continuous development in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems aboard the Mercedes-Benz Actros has led to improved safety, Daimler Trucks AG announced last month.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG has acquired a 60% share of 2getthere B.V., for an undisclosed sum.

Siemens AG has announced its collaboration with a number of UK high value manufacturing catapult companies to introduce its digital technologies for Additive Manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, to improve final quality and to enable commercial viability in the production process.

Munich-based braking system manufacturer, Knorr-Bremse AG is to collaborate with a major, as yet un-named, Chinese electric bus builder to supply customised EBS systems.