Nikola will be permitted to assemble the fuel-cell power modules at its Arizona facility from 2023, for integration in its Nikola Tre fuel-cell electric trucks.

The results come from two journeys which took the Starship 2.0 between California and Florida and on a shorter trip in North Carolina.

Perschke has previously worked at Automobili Pininfarina, Audi, and Volkswagen.

Quantron aims to release fuel-electric trucks powered by Ballard's FCmove power modules in Germany in the second half of 2022.

The low-floor 12-metre bus, based on an EV Dynamics bus already in operation in Asia, will come initially in a battery-electric variant and later in a fuel-cell electric variant.

The former general manager of Arriva will take over from Klaus Hansen.

Volta Trucks signed a contract manufacturing agreement to produce the Volta Zero at the Steyr plant (formerly owned by MAN) from the end of 2022.

Istanbul bus operator IETT has ordered 100 21-metre buses based on the Kent C artic range, set to be delivered in 2022.

The new facility at Millbrook Proving Ground provides expanded testing of the thermal stability and emissions of commercial vehicles.

Bus and defence vehicle manufacturer, Otokar, based in Sakarya, Turkey, has launched the new 12-metre electric low floor city bus, the e-Kent C. The series production model varies from the prototype electric model first unveiled some two years ago at Stockholm, Sweden.

European Union legislation targeting underrun protection came into effect on September 1, 2021. Aiming to increase safety for the occupants of smaller vehicles in the event of a rear-end collision with a larger trailer, the EU has imposed a reduction in the ground clearance of the underrun protection to no more than 450mm (previously 550mm).

The new Renewables Division of Marshall Fleet Solutions of Cambridge, UK, has announced the TITAN hybrid system that can be fitted to power any refrigerated unit, tail lift, or other vehicle-mounted electrically powered applications on small trucks, LCVs and HGVs.