Electric truck builder,  Workhorse Group Inc, has achieved certification for its 2020 C-1000 Extended Range electric delivery truck from the state of California.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc has been awarded USD21.7m in grants to deploy seventy VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage.

Peterbilt Motors Company has delivered 10,000 Model 579 UltraLoft trucks with the milestone truck going to Long Haul Trucking.

November 2020 saw BorgWarner Inc has completed its acquisition of Delphi Technologies plc.

Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission Inc has launched eGen Power, a new series of fully integrated zero emission electric axles.

Zero-emission coaches produced by Canada’s NFI Group US subsidiary, Motor Coach Industries Inc are now approved for the maximum California HVIP purchase incentive of USD150,000 for each of its battery-electric coaches sold in the State of California.

Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc has signed a supply agreement to become sole worldwide first-fill supplier of TES 668TM automatic transmission fluid for Allison Transmission Inc.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc has achieved an important milestone towards wide-scale electrification of medium and heavy-duty trucks via the expansion of public charging options for fleet operators.

Link Manufacturing Ltd, the Iowa-based manufacturer of bespoke suspensions, has launched a broader and updated range of Redline Performance Series suspensions for its Air Link tandem drive axle suspension and Atlas single drive axle suspension used in aerial fire and rescue trucks.

TRATON SE, (the medium and heavy commercial vehicle majority-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG producing vehicles and other mobility products under the Scania, MAN, VW and RIO brands) has announced it has agreed terms with the major shareholders in US truck and bus builder, Navistar International Corporation.

The Alcoa brand, the  aluminium wheel manufacturing concern, since April 1, 2020, has been owned by Howmet Aerospace Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

An investment of USD30m is being spent on a new wheel manufacturing plant in Hungary to build Alcoa-branded Ultra One wheels by Howmet Aerospace Inc, the parent company of the aluminium wheel manufacturer.