US medium-duty battery- and hydrogen fuel cell-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, Lightning eMotors and technology, media, and telecom private-to-public equity corporation, GigCapital Inc, have reached an agreement to combine their businesses, which will result in Lightning eMotors becoming a publicly listed company.

BrightDrop is the name of a new business division of General Motors Corporation through which it plans to offer an integrated ecosystem of electric products, software, and services for first to last mile operations.

Paccar Inc and Aurora Innovation Inc have signed a global strategic partnership agreement to develop, test and commercialise autonomous, Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks.

BorgWarner has announced it has developed for the CV market its new new High Voltage Hairpin electric motor, the HVH 320.

Dana Incorporated has appointed Chris Clark as senior vice president of global operations.

Allison Transmission Inc and bus manufacturer, Gillig Corporation have signed an agreement allowing Gillig to offer Allison’s eGen Flex electric hybrid propulsion system from 2021.

Electric bus builder, Proterra Inc has opened a new battery production line at its electric bus manufacturing facility in City of Industry, Los Angeles County.

The Lion Electric Company, manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, has been successful in using its electric school buses to supply electricity back to the grid, as part of the company’s vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot deployment in White Plains.

Nikola Corporation has signed a new global supply agreement with General Motors Company for the latter to supply it with hydrogen fuel cell systems for integration by Nikola into its heavy-duty on-highway trucks and tractor units – this  agreement supersedes and replaces the transaction announced on September 8, 2020.

Detlef Borghardt and Dzeki Mackinovski have been elected new members of the board of trailer braking and suspension specialist, Haldex AB.

Electric van and bus manufacturing start up, Arrival Ltd, is establishing its North American headquarters in Charlotte, adding around 150 new employees and plans to invest USD3m establishing the company’s new offices on South Tryon Street, South End, North Carolina.

Nikola Corporation and Republic Services Inc, the second largest recycling and solid waste provider in the USA, have discontinued their collaboration on refuse truck development following agreement in August this year for Republic Services to purchase 2,500 battery electric vehicles.