Changes to the UK’s Highway Code, the rules and regulations that govern UK road use, have increased the responsibility placed on drivers of larger vehicles to protect more vulnerable road users. The rule change was largely aimed at improving the safety of cyclists and pedestrians at turnings and roundabouts.

The French manufacturer teased details of two heavy-duty electric trucks designed for regional haulage and construction applications respectively.

Bus and coach builder, CaetanoBus, has announced it will be co-branding its zero emission buses with Toyota. This move follows the bus builder’s change in share ownership in December 2020.

The axle and brake manufacturer achieved sales of EUR1.247bn in 2021, with improved performance across the globe.

According to IHS Markit, Volvo Trucks achieved a 42% share of the electric truck market in Europe, with 145 vehicles under the Volvo brand having been registered in 2021.

Nikola reported net losses of USD159m in Q4 2021 and USD690m for FY 2021.

Viritech is designing a heavy goods vehicle concept nicknamed 'the Jovian' at the MIRA Technology Park in the UK which will use a composite construction and patented hydrogen tanks.

The Turkish commercial vehicle manufacturer achieved revenues of TRY4.5bn and net operating profits of TRY1.76bn.

Bus sales increased by 7% to 4,928, but remain well short of the pre-pandemic sales of 5,449 and 17,480 recorded in 2019 and 2013 respectively.

Alexander Dennis Ltd, headquartered in Larbert, Scotland, and BYD Auto Co Ltd, based in Shenzhen China, have announced that they are to build 130 double deck Enviro400EVs, ready to enter service in Coventry, UK, in 2023.

ABB Ltd of Zürich, Switzerland, has installed its Terra 124 electric chargers at the San Donato bus depot of Milan’s public transport operator ATM (Azienda Transporti Milanesi). The chargers will support Milan’s transition to an all-electric bus fleet by 2030.

The order for 11 units of the FM Electric, which are to be employed as concrete mixing transport trucks, is the largest the company has received so far for electric trucks in Denmark.