American Axle & Manufacturing Inc of Detroit, Michigan, a supplier of drive axles and metal forming technologies, and ‘electric skateboard chassis builder,’ REE Automotive of Tel Aviv, Israel, have agreed to develop jointly a new electric propulsion system for commercial vehicles.

REE Automotive Ltd of Tel Aviv, Israel, an electric ‘skateboard’ chassis builder - which integrates critical vehicle components into the arch of the wheel - and special purpose acquisition company, 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corporation of New York, USA, are to merge following agreement in January for a business combination that would result in REE Automotive becoming a publicly listed company of the New York NASDAQ.

Hino Motors Ltd of Hino-shi and ‘electric skateboard chassis builder,’ REE Automotive (REE*) of Tel Aviv, Israel, have signed a strategic business alliance agreement to realise their shared vision of “providing new value to society through next-generation commercial mobility.”

Paris-based transport operator, Transdev Group, is planning to introduce autonomous shuttles into global transport systems starting in Europe.

Turkish bus and coach manufacturer, Anadolu Isuzu of Çayirova-Kocaeli has announced it has widened its market penetration in Europe of the Visigo Hyper coach in right hand drive with the delivery of three units to Malta, delivered through its local dealer representative, Gasan Zammit Motors Ltd of Birkirkara.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, headquartered in Kawasaki City in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, which is majority-owned by Daimler AG of Stuttgart, Germany and operates under the brand name Fuso, launched the new Canter in the United Arab Emirates in December.

Ashok Leyland Ltd, a subsidiary of the Hinduja Group, has launched two new passenger bus models – a 7m midi-bus, called GAZL and the latest version of the 11m Falcon Super with a Euro IV (EGR-only) engine for the markets of the Middle East.

Daimler Buses has gained its largest ever bus order from Israel following a successful tender bid for a total of 415 city and inter-city buses.

Renault Trucks SAS invoiced 54,098 vehicles to maintain its market positions in 2019 in a commercial vehicle market consisting of a very dynamic first half (up 15%) and a less buoyant second half (down 18%), according to Bruno Blim, president of Renault Trucks in a televised interview last month.

Transmission specialist, Voith Turbo, is to equip 500 Euro VI Mercedes-Benz city buses with DIWA.6 automatic transmissions.

February saw UD Trucks appoint Zahid Tractor & Heavy Machinery Co Ltd, as its exclusive importer and distributor of trucks, parts and aftermarket services in Saudi Arabia following the termination of a similar agreement with the Rolaco Group.

The Irizar Group is to supply 200 i3LE low-entry body on chassis buses to the city of Casablanca.