European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has elected Domenico Nucera (President of Iveco Bus) as Chairman of its bus and coach division for the year 2024.

No financial details have been announced, but in the agreement, BASF will be responsible for the collection, packaging, transportation and entire recycling operation, mechanically processing the batteries into black mass** from which lithium, cobalt and nickel will be extracted and then reused in the manufacturing of new batteries.

The ‘Nikola Tre’ range of Class 8 fuel cell trucks, which is now in production, will come with two ZF advanced driver assistance systems: ‘OnGuardMAX’ and ‘OnSideALERT’.

The demonstrator, located at Michelin’s plant in the commune of Bassens, is tooled to produce butadiene, an organic compound of hydrogen and carbon, from ethanol derived from biomass.

The two partners are already working on integrating Sibros’ ‘Deep Connected Platform’ with Continental’s ‘IoT Gateway’, with a focus on commercial vehicles.

Fontaine Fifth Wheel is a company that specialises in fifth-wheel coupling devices for the trucking industry. As the European Managing Director, Tychewicz will play a key role in overseeing Fontaine's operations and business development in the European market.

The decline in demand for coaches and the higher cost of raw materials had a “major impact” on the company’s finances, which are only just beginning to recover.

European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has elected Harald Seidel (President of DAF Trucks), as Chairman of the Commercial Vehicle Board for 2024. Seidel will work alongside the ACEA President, Luca de Meo (CEO of Groupe Renault) who is serving in his second one-year term and has been in close consultation with EU policymakers over the now proposed, Euro VII legislation.

Starting later this year, with a proposed finish date of 2029, the two doctoral students will aid Volvo in developing the internal combustion engine with hydrogen as a fuel.

Two years’ ago, in 2022, when the PEI Mobility brand was first created, it announced it was diversifying its manufacturing capabilities to design and manufacture complete articulation systems for buses.

Registrations of “rigids >3.5-6.0t” increased from 4,787 the year prior to 5,800, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The contract, worth over EUR100m, is for 112 units of the ‘Trollino 18’ line of trolleybuses, which will come equipped with in-motion-charging technology that allows for recharging via catenary lines.