Bedfordshire-based vehicle testing and validation enterprise, Millbrook plc is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the proving ground at Millbrook, while its Leyland facility, formerly the Leyland Vehicles Technical Centre, is celebrating 40 years of operation this year.

As part of a fully integrated solution promoting hydrogen fuel double decks, Ryse Hydrogen, formed by Jo Bamford, who also recently formed the Bamford Bus Company to acquire Northern Ireland bus builder, Wrightbus from administration in 2019, has signed a three-year contract with Suttons Tankers to transport bulk hydrogen gas to different locations in the UK, starting with London from September 2020.

Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd, a company established in 2017 to convert medium and heavy trucks to be fully battery electric, has announced it is to fit a real-time battery monitoring system to all its vehicles as they come off the production line in Blackburn.

Daimler Truck AG through its subsidiary, Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co KG, says it is pushing hard towards series production of fuel cells.

Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd has announced contract services provider, Biffa, has placed an order for 27 all-electric waste trucks for its Manchester City Council waste management operations.

Electric delivery vehicle start-up, Arrival Ltd, which in February announced a contract to supply UPS in the United States with up to 10,000 purpose-designed low floor delivery electric vans, last month added a battery-powered  all-electric bus to its portfolio of vehicles.

TIP Trailer Services, an equipment services provider, has launched its new range of telematics-based digital and connected services - TIP Insight.

An overwhelming majority of shareholders of Delphi Technologies Plc last month approved the previously announced negotiated takeover merger with BorgWarner Inc.

From September 30, Colin Robertson (CBE), currently chief executive of Alexander Dennis Ltd, a subsidiary of Canada’s NFI Group Inc moves to NFI’s Board of Directors to serve in the role as Vice Chair.

Penso, specialising in design and production of lightweight composite products for some of the biggest brands in the aerospace and automotive sectors has announced its entry into the UK commercial vehicle bodybuilding segment with plans to transform the home delivery sector.

Trailar, which supplies and fit solar kits for fitting on the roofs of trucks, trailers and buses has announced delivery and fit of more than 1,000 vehicles globally in its three years of operations.

Arcola Energy Ltd, a system engineering company and Tier 1 supplier of zero-emission technologies for heavy-duty vehicles is expanding its manufacturing footprint in the UK.