Daimler Trucks North America Inc delivered the first vehicle from its Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet – a Freightliner eM2 – to Penske Truck Leasing last month (December 2018).

BAE Systems HybriDrive Propulsion Systems, which has sales and application facilities in the UK and a manufacturing plant in Endicott, reached a delivery milestone in November of 10,000 electric drive systems, as part of an order from Toronto Transit Commission.

School bus builder, Blue Bird Corporation, has reported revenues for fiscal year ending September 29, 2018 of USD1.025bn, an increase of USD34.4m or an increase of 3.5% compared with USD990.6m during the prior fiscal year.

New Flyer of America Inc and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC, subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc, have formed New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions, a new subsidiary dedicated to providing safe, reliable, smart, and sustainable charging infra-structure and other mobility solutions. 

Meritor Inc has announced its involvement in 22 electrification programmes with global OEMs and expects to put at least 130 fully-electric medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks on the road in the next two years (2020).

ARBOC Specialty Vehicles LLC, a subsidiary of Canada’s NFI Group Inc, has announced its Spirit of Equess medium-duty bus has successfully completed the FTA Altoona Model Bus Testing endurance programme.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems has introduced Active Decompression Technology, enabling heavy-duty commercial vehicles to benefit from an engine stop-start system and eliminating engine-shake at both start-up and shutdown.

Stoneridge Inc has announced it is to invest in a fund managed by Autotech Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on ground transportation technology, located in Menlo Park.

BAE Systems is to supply Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) with 194 electric-hybrids employing its Series-ER extended range propulsion system.

GreenPower Bus, part of GreenPower Motor Company Inc, is commencing production of its EV Star and EV Star Plus electric 'Min-eBuses' in its recently acquired facility in Porterville.