Stockholm-based Volta Trucks, the developer of the Volta Zero electric truck concept, has revealed additional information on the vehicle's construction.

Dr Andrew Palmer, the former managing director at Aston Martin, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Optare plc of Sherburn in Elmet.

French bus manufacturer, Heuliez Bus – a subsidiary of CNH Industrial NV since 2013 - is to celebrate its 40th anniversary later this year.

Bus and coach builder, Alexander Dennis Ltd (a subsidiary of the NFI Group Inc) says circumstances have forced it to restructure its activities, predominantly because of the significant decline in UK demand for its products.

Tipper body specialist, Thompsons Group, has developed the Loadmaster X-Lite, which is Thompsons’ lightest ever steel tipper rigid body.

Camcon Automotive Ltd is claiming heavy-duty diesel truck fleets could save millions of pounds in fuel costs and that commercial vehicle OEMs could meet increasingly stringent emissions regulations by adopting its digital engine technology.

July saw the arrival in the UK of the first right hand drive all-electric truck from Renault Trucks UK & Ireland – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renault Trucks SAS.

Super Trim Plus and Premier Trim Plus are the names of new lightweight non-woven fabrics for use by bus and coach manufacturers for roof linings, wall sides, seat backs and luggage compartments from international transportation fabrics specialist, Camira Transport Fabric Ltd.

Christian Coolsaet has been appointed Managing Director of Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland in Warwick, starting September 1, 2020.

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.