The "Volta Minus One", fitted with batteries by Proterra and a powertrain by Meritor, is being tested at the MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton, UK.

The company will be hiring coachbuilders, welders, electricians and operatives at its headquarters in Ballymena.

Innovation Automotive will be exhibiting the DFSK EC35 panel van for inner city transit and last-mile delivery operations.

Following the close of the nine-year trial and consultation into the introduction of LSTs, the DoT has concluded that they should be rolled-out beginning in 2022.

Alexander Denk, Vice President of Product Management, E-Mobility at Voith, speaks to Truck & Bus Builder about electric drive systems for heavy-duty battery-electric and fuel cell-electric vehicles.

Chris Gall has been appointed at Group Engineering Director at the Scottish busbuilder.

The charging infrastructure company will combine with FRSG in order to list on the Nasdaq with a pro-forman enterprise value of USD675m

The government will provide GBP23m to incentivise uptake of hydrogen technologies as it predicts that demand for hydrogen in the heavy commercial vehicle sector could total 6TWh by 2030.

The financial service, covering the Wrightbus range of electric vehicles, will provide leasing packages including charging infrastructure and maintenance as part of a turnkey e-mobility solution.

The nine-month study will test trucks charged while in motion by roof-mounted pantographs attached to overhead cables, a technology contributed by Siemens Mobility.

Ian Harnett will support the UK-based e-truck company's growth strategy as it expands its fleet and market presence.

The Department of Transport promises to offer incentives to purchase zero-emission trucks, but it will also promote shifting freight from roads to rail and inland waterways.