Fleet logistics management and vehicle hire giant, Ryder System Inc, together with In-Charge Energy Incand global electrification company, Zurich-headquartered ABB, have announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to provide nationwide turnkey energy and electric vehicle charging infrastructure as a service to Ryder customers in North America.

Kenworth Truck Company of Kirkland and driveline component supplier, Dana Incorporated, announced their collaboration on electric powertrain development for medium-duty Kenworth battery electric vehicles at the CES event in Las Vegas early this month.

BYD North America Inc of Los Angeles says its dedicated electric bus plant in Lancaster which operates under the name of BYD Coach & Bus Factory, has produced its 400th electric bus; this was its 60-foot articulated K11M model built for the Los Angeles World Airports, which forms part of a 20 unit bus order.

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has invested an undisclosed sum in Autotech Ventures - an American venture capital fund based in Menlo Park focusing on start-ups in the ground transportation sector.

Ingersoll Rand plc, headquartered in Swords, has introduced a new thermo control holding company under the name of Trane Technologies plc, alongside a new strategy and executive leadership team.

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB, the Volvo Group’s business unit focused on investing in technologies to advance the transportation sector, has made an investment in Apex.AI, a leading software company in autonomous mobility.

The New York operator, MTA has awarded Volvo Buses’ Canadian subsidiary, Prévost Car of Sainte-Claire, two contracts for up to 330, X3-45 commuter coaches, with a firm order of 307 vehicles to be delivered between 2020 and 2022, and options for 23 additional coaches.

Peterbilt Motors Company and Dana Incorporated announced at the CES event in Las Vegas this month their collaboration on electric powertrain development for the Peterbilt Model 220EV battery electric vehicles.

Colorado-based Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission drivetrains, has raised USD41m in equity, debt and working capital funding from existing and new investors.

Following the successful launch of its camera monitoring system called Smart-Vision in markets across Europe, Vision Systems, is to exhibit its mirrorless solution at the UMA Motorcoach Expo this month.

Global demand for trucks started to weaken in the second half of 2019 and this trend is set to continue in 2020 and 2021, stated Zita Zigan, director of global commercial vehicle forecasting at LMC Automotive Ltd.

November saw the name of the Workhorse Group’s next generation electric delivery vehicle change to the C1000; this EDV was previously known as the Workhorse N-GEN.