VDL Bus & Coach has won a contract to supply 43 Citea Electrics to operator, Qbuzz, for deployment in Emmen, Assen and Groningen.

Volvo Bus Corporation has delivered the first 12m fully autonomous electric buses to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore where it it is to enter an R&D programme for autonomous electric buses.

Sweden's Scania has supplied a 16-litre engine to support a new Australian trial of renewable diesel fuel. The fuel will be made from waste plastic, old vehicle tyres, agricultural and forestry waste, as well as bio-solids. The trial is aimed at achieving commercial scale production.

EV battery developer, SK Innovation plans to invest around USD859m in battery technology and production in Hungary.

Palfinger Tail Lifts Ltd has reached agreement with RLP Distribution Ltd, a specialised parts distribution company and part of the Motus Vehicle Solution Division of Motus Holdings (UK) Ltd, to stock and distribute Palfinger spare parts centrally on its behalf for the UK market.

Cummins Inc is to supply electric drivetrains to specialist vehicle maker, Kalmar, a division of Cargotec AB.

Kögel Trailer GmbH, a semi-trailer manufacturer and sister company of Humbaur GmbH, recorded revenues of EUR530m in 2018, an increase of 17% on EUR450m in 2017.

Temsa Germany has expanded its vehicle parc and aftersales network in Germany with deliveries to Tholen Reisen.

Volvo Trucks North America LLC has developed an ergonomically advanced workstation within the cab as an option for its VNL 760, 740 and VNX 740 heavy-duty sleeper truck models.

As part of the management plan for its European operations and on-going restructuring of its production, the Wielton Group has announced that last year it bought from the receivers of the Italian Trailer Company, the large factory in Tocco da Casauria, run formerly under Merker trailer name.

At the end of last year Mann+Hummel’s ‘Filter Cubes’ were successfully installed in Stuttgart at a busy road junction in the district of Neckartor to reduce the level of fine dust pollution.

From the second quarter 2019, Mobility Networks Group is to supply Japan's Hato Bus Company with lifts for a selection of its tourist coaches – notably those designated for inbound tourists.