Refrigerated solutions firms Daikin Reefer of Osaka, Japan, and IRS International of Laverton, Australia, have announced that their European projects will operate out of one combined headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Dutch electric bus builder Ebusco of Deurne, The Netherlands, has announced the opening of a new factory hall at its production facility in Deurne.

Dutch bus manufacturer Ebusco Holding BV of Deurne, has announced the appointment of Ted Dowling to the role of Managing Director for North America. The company aims to expand sales and marketing of its 3.0 and 2.2 zero emission buses.

The European subsidiary of Shenzhen-based BYD Inc., BYD Europe BV, has established a dealer agreement with Dutch truck supplier Bluekens EV, based in Breda.

Dutch trailer manufacturer Knapen Group of Deurne, The Netherlands (a subsidiary of Krone Commercial Vehicles Group), has announced that Peter Ahlers will step down as Managing Director of the company.

The PTO can be powered by either batteries or hydrogen fuel cells and has enough power to provide up to 400 bar of pressure.

Godfried Terberg becomes Chairman while Rob van Hove takes the lead in design and manufacturing of shunting vehicles.

The new facility in Rotterdam will produce 820,000 tonnes of biofuels (such as renewable diesel) for applications including heavy-duty transport per year.

The new-generation Citea LE-122 buses, which enter production in late 2022, will serve in the city of Kotka and on routes to nearby Hamina.

Following on from a successful proof-of-concept test in July of 2021, Cummins Inc of Columbus, Indiana, has announced its hydrogen-fuelled ICE project is progressing to medium and heavy-duty platform development.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, has announced that it will adopt 100% renewable energy at most of its plants across Europe and Turkey. This is the first stage of the company’s multi-phase plan to use exclusively renewable energy across all its facilities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by the end of 2022.

The Dutch manufacturer is trialling a fuel-cell electric terminal tractor, developed together with Zepp.solutions, in Delft.