Renault Trucks SAS is progressing its transition to a circular economy through a partnership with vehicle recycling specialist company, Indra Automobile Recycling in the Rhône-Alpes region.

The first Profi Liner trailers with four-axles from Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GMBH & Co KG are now on the roads with customers in Denmark, the company has announced.

Coop Danmark A/S, Denmark's leading consumer goods retailer, is to deploy a battery electric Scania truck in its city distribution operations.

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

Irizar e-Mobility (a division of Irizar Group) is to supply six, 12m ieTram units plus seven 18m articulated versions for operation by operator BEI on a 10km loop within the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz.

In June, EV Consulting, part of FEV Group, published a study for the VDMA – a European network association in the mechanical and plant engineering sector – that predicts by 2040 the fuel cell components market for passenger cars in Europe would be worth EUR11bn annually, whereas globally this figure would be EUR75bn.

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.

Gorky Auto Plant has presented the first examples of a new medium-duty city truck, the new Valdai NEXT generation.

A new Japanese-owned, Swiss-based company, called Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd has launched Grid-eMotion Fleet.

Hitachi Ltd has acquired a controlling stake of 80.1% in the power grids business of ABB Ltd.

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

“Provided there is no surge in the number of new {coronavirus} infections and the associated countermeasures adopted by the countries; we are assuming a gradual recovery in our business activity in the second half of 2020.