Fast-charging battery power systems supplier, Microvast Inc, which has its main manufacturing hub in Huzhou has announced it has been appointed supply partner of India’s fully-integral bus builder, the JMB Group for electric buses.

Navistar International Corporation and TuSimple, a global self-driving technology company, have entered a strategic partnership to co-develop SAE Level 4 self-driving trucks targeted for production by 2024.

Electric Class 8 truck and tractor manufacturing start-up, Nikola Corporation, has started construction of a one million square foot manufacturing facility on a 430-acre site in Coolidge.

Electric drivetrain supplier, Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission drivetrains since the start of 2020 has been working in partnership with hydrogen fuel cell engine and fuelling solutions company, Plug Power Inc, to develop electric, fuel cell-powered Class 6 trucks capable of supporting middle-mile delivery logistics between warehouses and distribution centres.

Recent steering systems acquisitions over the past few years by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC will allow it to further integrate steering-centred directional controls with its air braking system controls and electronics portfolio.

Commercial Vehicle Group Inc, a supplier of seating systems, electro-mechanical assemblies, engineered material products for the CV industry, has announced it is consolidating its manufacturing and distribution operations, which will see the closure of its 150,000 square foot facility in Piedmont; this action is in line with the company's cost reduction plan previously announced in mid-May 2020.

Lightning Systems, a producer of electrified vehicle conversions, has added the Ford F-550 to its expanding range of electric commercial vehicle options.

This month (August) Peterbilt Motors Company (a truck manufacturing subsidiary of Paccar Inc) celebrates its 40th year of operation and production at its site and headquarters in Denton, Texas.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc has announced it is to collaborate with body fabrications specialist, Galfab LLC to make roll-off bodies available for installation at the Fontaine Modification facility next to Volvo Trucks’ Dublin, Virginia factory.

Last month saw the California Air Resources Board adopt a new rule requiring truck manufacturers to transition from diesel trucks and vans to electric zero-emission trucks beginning in 2024.

Cummins Inc has agreed to form a joint venture with Dutch startup, NPROXX bv, a specialist in hydrogen storage and transportation, for hydrogen storage tanks with facilities in The Netherlands and Germany.

Fontaine Modification Company, a division of Fontaine, in March opened a facility in Detroit for converting Ford medium-duty truck chassis to electric vehicles in addition to working on conventionally powered trucks, according to Fontaine truck and EV president, Pat Griffin.