British engineering firm, Harsh Ltd, well known for its hook-loader and skip-loader body products, has built a bespoke demountable skip-loader unit that can be loaded onto a truck fitted already with a standard hook-loader container, enabling it to double as a skip carrier, when needed.

VDL Bus & Coach BV (a subsidiary of the VDL Groep which makes buses and coaches) has established a new representative organisation in the United Kingdom, called VDL Bus & Coach UK Ltd.

Knorr Bremse has announced Bernd Eulitz chairman and CEO of the Executive Board of Knorr Bremse AG, has resigned by mutual agreement effective August 31, 2020.

Volta Trucks, a new entrant in the electric truck market segment, which unveiled the Volta Zero electric truck concept in July, has appointed Dr Seshu Bhagavathula to its Board of Directors.

StreetDrone Ltd, a full-stack autonomous technology company, has won UK Government funding as part of a consortium tasked with delivering an autonomous logistics capability to Nissan’s Sunderland car plant.

ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH, the air-spring / rubber components division of Continental AG has announced its wide-temperature ranging HiTemp air springs are to be installed as standard cab suspension systems by Swedish truck manufacturer, Volvo Truck Corporation.

Stuttgart-based development engineering specialist, Mahle GmbH, in co-operation with sports car manufacturer, Porsche and mechanical engineering company, Trumpf, has produced high-performance aluminium pistons using 3D printing techniques for the first time.

Chinese battery producer, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited, is to supply batteries for the Newton eTrailer being developed by Trailer Dynamics GmbH.

Chinese electric bus manufacturer, BYD Company, is to supply a further 30 ebuses to EMT Madrid.

Ulm-based Magirus, part of CNH Industrial NV, has launched two new fire trucks in its Excellence Class range, which was first premiered as a completely new vehicle in 2016.

Volta Trucks, the Scandinavian start-up full-electric vehicle manufacturer, has entered a tyre partnership with Japan's Bridgestone tyre manufacturer.

Electric motor manufacturing company, Saietta Group, which specialises in propulsion motors for a broad range of electric vehicles from scooters to buses has announced it to expand its production facilities in Bicester.