Andreas Moser (56, appointed head of ZF Commercial Vehicle Technology Division, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, on January I, 2020) last month at the parent company’s headquarters in Friedrichshafen, to a closed group of journalists laid out details of organisational changes within the CV division to address the post-Covid markets and to meet key technology trends taking place in the sector.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG late last month completed the acquisition of commercial vehicle technology supplier, Wabco Holdings Inc, having gained approval from all required regulatory authorities.

Knorr-Bremse AG has announced a high double-digit million Euro disc-brake supply extension contract with Europe’s biggest semi- trailer builder, Schmitz Cargobull AG of Horstmar, Germany.

Gearing up for increased future demand of its ultra-high energy batteries, Akasol AG in the last three months has announced several major investments to automate battery production at its two factories in Europe and in the USA.

Heavy-duty truck builder, Scania AB, has chosen Webasto Group to be its charging partner across Europe, to provide charging stations when selling its new plug-in hybrid truck.

Schmitz Cargobull AG, via its UK-owned subsidiary Schmitz Cargobull (UK) Ltd, plans to extend assembly of its rigid truck bodies in the UK through its national Service Partner network.

Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG have announced plans to form a joint venture for large-scale production of hydrogen fuel cells for heavy commercial transportation applications.

DAF Trucks NV is introducing the option of hydraulic front-wheel drives on the DAF CF and XF 4x2 tractors powered by the Paccar MX-11 or MX-13 engine for operations that from time to time require additional traction.

Claiming it to be the first application globally, Konvekta AG has revealed that since the start of this year, the first electric articulated bus, equipped with a Konvekta CO2 heat pump thermal management system, has been operated by the public transport company, VAG.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has received orders for 25 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen-powered buses from the affiliated transport companies of the German  transport association, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr.

Bus and coach builder, Irizar Group, has signed a collaboration agreement with Scania Deutschland GmbH to offer its Irizar-Scania range of coaches to the German market.

Karsan Otomotiv Sanayii ve Tic. A.Ş. has appointed Quantron AG as its dealer for Germany to expand its sales and service network in Europe’s largest bus market with a market size of 7,000 units a year.