The heavy truck market in the European Union plus EFTA countries has grown five straight years in a row to total 321,785 units in 2019, according to figures collated by ACEA.

February 23, 1995 saw two European bus brands, Mercedes-Benz and Setra create a strategic alliance, and this marked the beginning what is now Daimler Buses.

Ricardo Performance Products is to support the first phase of commercial industrialisation of the SuperTurbo system – a unique planetary traction drive developed by SuperTurbo Technologies Inc enabling high speed power transfer to and from a turbocharger shaft, which the partners states offers significant driveability and fuel efficiency benefits for large trucks.

PJSC KamAZ has developed a prototype of a cab-less autonomous (self-driving) electric truck, called Kamaz-3373 Chelnok (Shuttle) for operations in closed spaces.

Developer and manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion battery systems, AKASOL AG, has engaged the services of Manz AG to supply fully automated production lines for producing high-energy battery modules for commercial vehicles at its Gigafactory facility in Darmstadt.

French automotive components manufacturer, Faurecia SA, has won a contract to supply hydrogen storage systems for trucks built by Hyundai Motor Company of Seoul.

DAF Trucks NV, has started field testing two CF Hybrid trucks with Dutch transport operator, Peter Appel, used to supply supermarkets in the Netherlands.

TEMSA North America Inc in January at the UMA Motorcoach EXPO 2020, held in Nashville, launched its first ever full size three-axle electric coach, the TS45E.

A pair of FUSO eCanter 7.49t electric delivery trucks have entered service with operators in Copenhagen, the first in Scandinavia. One has joined the fleet of Citylogistik and the other is with Aastiderne, two well-known Danish transport operators.

The latest Euro VI Phase-D design evolution of the Cummins 2.8-litre and 3.8-litre F Series engines is being launched at Busworld Turkey this month.

Ebusco, a company started in 2010 dedicated to the manufacture of electric buses using European sourced electric driveline technologies with buses built in China, from  the middle  of 2020 plans to start manufacturing its battery electric buses completely in Europe.

EU regulators voted in February 2019 to relax restrictions on truck cab lengths, in return for the adoption of cab design requirements which improve aerodynamics and could reduce the 4,200 truck associated road deaths and serious injuries experienced by European cyclists and pedestrians each year.