DTNA launches its Class 8 Freightliner Cascadia Day Cab (116 in. BBC), paired with the Cummins ISX12N engine and the new Allison 3414 Regional Haul Series automatic transmission.

The money being invested at Escobedo, where Navistar builds its medium-duty electric trucks, will go into expanding the cabin painting facility.

The 95,000 square-foot electric propulsion engineering centre in Bangalore, India, is responsible for working on inverters, DC/DC converters, on-board chargers, integrated drive modules, battery management systems and propulsion controllers.

In his previous role as Managing Director of Hyzon Motors Australia, he has been credited with delivering Australia’s first domestic assembly facility for fuel cell electric trucks in Melbourne, Australia.

The special truck manufacturer reported net sales of USD8.28bn and a net income of USD173.9m, which is down from USD461.1m the year prior.

The companies will jointly build a 5GW catalyst-coated membranes (CCM) manufacturing facility in the USA in 2025.

The company has announced Robin Mackie as the new Chief Operating Officer and Macy Neshati as the new Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately.

The facility employs 150 staff and aims to produce up to 10,000 hydrogen Type 4 composite cylinders (per year) used by heavy-duty vehicles.

CEO of VIA Motors, Bob Purcell, together with VIA’s management team have been retained to lead the company.

The USD16m will be spent on expanding and upgrading its manufacturing facilities located in Charlotte, Michigan to allow for the series production of Class 3-5 electric vehicles.

To meet growing demand, BMZ has expanded its battery production capacity in Karlstein am Main, Germany, through a Euro 11 million deal with Amada Weld Tech for the acquisition of welding systems, a key component in the battery manufacturing process.

Zizelman joined the company in 2020 from components supplier Aptiv and took charge of the control devices business.