Fiat Powertrain Technologies Industrial or FPT Industrial of Turin, the global powertrain brand of CNH Industrial NV, last month announced its agreement to acquire 100% of Dolphin N2, a start-up company formed in 2017 specializing in innovative internal combustion engine technology from global strategic engineering and environmental consultancy, Ricardo plc .

FPT Industrial, the powertrain division of CNH Industrial, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with battery producer, Microvast, aimed at an industrial and commercial co-operation to enable FPT Industrial to design and assemble battery packs in-house, at its facility in Turin, which would be then be offered on CNH Industrial vehicles and to third-party customers.

Bus builders, Rampini Carlo SpA and CaetanoBus have announced an extension of their reciprocal commercial sales agreement to include their respective electric bus ranges.

Three months’ on from the strategic and exclusive heavy-duty truck partnership signed between CNH Industrial NV and Nikola Corporation, the partners, in Turin this month, announced it was now giving maximum priority to the development of its European business.

Nikola is now the new brand name for heavy-duty battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell tractor units from Iveco in Europe.

Nikola Corporation, a technology start-up company focused on the production zero emission transportation solutions, at the European launch of Nikola Tre – a BEV and FCEV tractor unit – together with its industrial partner, CNH Industrial at the industrial village of subsidiary, Iveco SpA, announced its strategy to develop a hydrogen fuelling and BEV charging network in Europe suitable for the operation of battery electric and hydrogen-fuelled long haul tractor units.

A specialist in the manufacture of interiors for buses and trains of more than 30 years, Ellamp SpA, has changed ownership in a management buyout involving CEO, Ing. Massimo Ottino and his partners, which includes the original founder (1987) and president, Franco Oblatore.

Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. is to supply 18 Trollino 10 trolleybuses to the Italian cities of Modena and Parma.

Iveco SpA, part of CNH Industrial NV, in conjunction with project partners, Amazon, Microsoft and Shell launched the new S-Way driver-centric heavy-duty truck at a presentation in Madrid last month.

COTRAL, the Rome-based operation in charge of regional transport, has signed another framework contract with Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. for the supply of up to 300 InterUrbino interurban buses.

Iveco Bus has delivered the first 15 of 141 hybrid electric Urbanway articulated buses to STIB-MIVB Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, the local public transport operator in Brussels.

Wilcox Commercial Vehicles Ltd is entering its third year providing full sales and service in the UK for Italy’s cement transportation and distribution machinery manufacturer, CIFA SpA of Senago.