Faurecia of Nanterre, France has acquired a controlling interest (79.5%) in family-owned automotive electrical lighting specialist, Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA of Lippstadt, Germany.

STRING Megaregion aims to create a network of at least 12 hydrogen fuelling stations for long-distance transportation between the city of Hamburg in Germany and Oslo, Norway.

The trial, the first of its kind in the country, of the battery-electric truck is being conducted by Fulda University of Applied Sciences in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region.

Unit sales increased to 271,600, while incoming orders increased by 66% to 360,000.

The expansion of the Krakow facility, where the company manufactures the TGS and TGX series of heavy-duty trucks, will allow for a daily production capacity of around 300 vehicles.

Stuttgart-based Daimler Truck AG has announced that its production and product engineering divisions of Daimler Buses are to be combined into one department, effective April 1, 2022.

Koljonen joins the company from SAF-Holland, where she also served as CFO.

The German manufacturer delivered just under 94,000 vehicles to its customers in 2021, and reported growth in truck and van sales.

Voith's net carbon output across its facilities is now negative, through increasing use of solar and hydropower and through carbon offsets.

Ebusco Holding N.V., based in Deurne, Netherlands, has announced that Munich bus operator Stadtwerke München has ordered 14 Ebusco 2.2 18-metre buses. The delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2023.

Bernard Krone Holding SE & Co KG of Spelle, Germany, has released its financial results for the financial year 2020/2021. The Krone Group generated sales of EUR2.2 billion, up 15.7% on the EUR1.9 billion of the previous year. The group’s profits stood at 4.4% of sales, a doubling of the previous year’s 2.2% result.

Continental AG of Hanover, Germany, has opened a sales and competence centre in Yokohama, Japan for development of hydrogen hose lines for use in powertrain technologies.