The general mood of this year’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo – held between 28 April and 1 May in Anaheim, California – was one of healthy confusion. There were questions about the direction of the commercial vehicle industry and how a more sustainable transport system might be achieved. BAE Systems, however, is confident that the industry will continue to move towards net zero; the only questions concern “how it will be done and how long it will take”, according to Robert Lamanna, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ Power and Propulsion Solutions division.

The new Class 8 truck has a bumper-to-back-of-cab length of 113.5 inches, 3.5 inches shorter than the preceding Anthem generation and a full 12 inches shorter than the newly-released ‘Pioneer’ range.

The revamp of its side loader production line was made in response to “tremendous [market] demand”, according to McNeilus.

Net revenue was USD 31.3 million in 2024, an increase from USD 22.1 million in 2023. The increase was driven by higher vehicle and spare parts sales, especially in the U.S. market, where sales surged from USD 0.4 million in 2023 to USD 19.3 million in 2024.

At last year’s ACT Expo in Las Vegas, Truck & Bus Builder met for the first time with Range Energy to learn more about its “electric trailer platform”. This year’s show provided the opportunity for a business update after two major announcements: the appointment of a new chief executive officer, Jon Foster, and a supply agreement with ZF Group for its ‘AxTrax 2’ e-axles. I spoke with founder Ali Javidan – now chief technology officer – and Foster about what the company hopes to achieve in the next five years.

Our press visit to BorgWarner’s cutting-edge Gigafactory in Darmstadt, Germany revealed a company that is rapidly accelerating toward the future by betting big on electrification!

Kontrolmatik has agreed to deliver 2 GWh of cells in 2026 and 5 GWh in 2027 to ONE, which will assemble them in battery modules and packs in Michigan.

Following shareholder approval, Plus will enter into a business combination that will generate up to USD300m in gross proceeds while also giving it access to the public financial market.

Readers may recall that, two years ago, we published a feature on TCCI Manufacturing, explaining why the longstanding Midwest supplier of compressors had decided to invest in a new facility on its home turf in Decatur, Illinois. In that article, Richard and Kara Demirjian outlined their plan to open a 260,000-square-foot “Clean Energy Innovation Hub” comprised of three facilities: a plant dedicated to the production of compressors for electric vehicles; a whole-vehicle test centre; and an academy to train the next generation of EV technicians. The innovation hub was officially unveiled by the governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, at the end of April 2025, and so Truck & Bus Builder used the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo to get an update on TCCI’s newest investment.

Mullen has agreed to transfer ownership of its Mishawaka facility to GEM Group as part of a settlement to resolve a four-year legal battle.

The expansion will increase ABB’s production capacity for low-voltage electrification products, key components in the infrastructure that powers commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging, depot operations, and logistics hubs.

This divestment is part of Goodyear's strategic plan to streamline its operations and focus on core business areas.