Specialty truck builder, Mack Trucks, has entered the Class 6 and 7 medium-duty truck market in North America with the launch of the new Mack MD Series.

Thomas Built Buses is to supply the first 50 of its ‘Jouley’ electric school buses to the state of Virginia.

Last month the Lion Electric Company delivered five all-electric school buses to Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento which were funded by the California Energy Commission as part of the School Bus Replacement Programme in the state.

Daimler Buses has announced it is restructuring its touring coach business in the USA and Canada.

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.