Fuel cell developer and electrochemical technology company, Ceres Power Holdings plc, reported strong half year results to December 31, 2019 with revenues and other income up 33.6% to GBP11m, reflecting strong progress on major contracts with Doosan, Bosch, Weichai and Miura Co.

Sweden’s Hexagon AB, a sensor, software and autonomous solutions provider, has acquired Britain’s CAEfatigue Ltd, a provider of mechanical fatigue simulation solutions used to improve manufacturing product design, quality, and reliability.

Carrier Transicold has delivered the first new Vector HE 19 trailer refrigeration unit in the UK to the Dartmouth Crab Company which has been mounted on a 13.6m Gray & Adams reefer trailer.

SAIC-owned LDV is to rebrand as MAXUS from April 2020.

DAF Trucks has produced its 10,000th ‘Paccar’ body at its truck manufacturing facility in Leyland, operated by its subsidiary company, Leyland Trucks Ltd.

2019 was a good year for DAF Trucks, achieving a market share of 16.2% in the heavy segment in Europe - the second largest in the history of the company and placing DAF in the top three large truck manufacturers in Europe.

Ricardo Performance Products is to support the first phase of commercial industrialisation of the SuperTurbo system – a unique planetary traction drive developed by SuperTurbo Technologies Inc enabling high speed power transfer to and from a turbocharger shaft, which the partners states offers significant driveability and fuel efficiency benefits for large trucks.

EU regulators voted in February 2019 to relax restrictions on truck cab lengths, in return for the adoption of cab design requirements which improve aerodynamics and could reduce the 4,200 truck associated road deaths and serious injuries experienced by European cyclists and pedestrians each year.

The UK government has pledged GBP5bn to be spent on bus services and to encourage cycling over the next five years, which includes the introduction of at least 4,000 new zero emission buses.

Plug and Play, a pioneering US innovation platform for startups, is partnering with MIRA Technology Park to create the UK’s first Mobility Innovation Hub.

Bus and coach manufacturer, Van Hool NV, has concluded an agreement with PSV Glass & Glazing, to become its sole partner in providing replacement windscreens and body glass for the complete Van Hool TX and EX model coach range.

Hexagon AB has signed an agreement to acquire Romax Technology Ltd, a provider of Computer Aided Engineering software for electromechanical drivetrain design and simulation.