Batteries from Houston, Texas-based developer Microvast Holdings Inc will be featured in the upcoming Crossway LE Electric low entry bus from Iveco Group, based in Turin, Italy.

Cummins Inc of Columbus, Indiana, has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Bloomfield, Connecticut-based Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc¹ from parent group Altra Industrial Motion Corp. Operations from the acquisition will report into the Cummins Turbo Technologies business unit within the firm’s Components segment.

A single unit of the 45-foot J4500 CHARGE range, launched in May 2021, was ordered by Universal Coach Line with the support of provincial grants and sales tax rebates.

R452A, which is the refrigerant used in Thermo King's products for EMEA markets, will become the standard for its North American products, replacing R404A.

BYD Co Ltd, based in Shenzhen, China, has announced a partnership with autonomous vehicle specialist Nuro of Mountain View, California, USA to manufacture the firm’s third generation autonomous delivery vehicle.

The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Council, including members such as NFI Group and Ballard Power Systems, aims to promote the development and uptake of fuel-cell electric buses in the USA.

Iyengar joins the American specialty truck manufacturer from CNH Industrial and will be responsible for company strategy and supply chains.

CALSTART has recently published its annual ‘Zeroing in on ZEBS’ (Zero-Emission Bus) report, containing data on the adoption of zero-emission buses across North America.

This means that California-based customers could receive a USD120,000 incentive per Nikola BEV truck as part of the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project.

Proterra will supply a minimum of 600 vehicles, including Vicinity Lightning transit buses and Vicinity Motor's truck chassis platform, with batteries through 2024.

The UK engineering consultancy is leading a consortium of partners including Meritor, PolyCharge America, and Danfoss Silicon Power to produce a U.S. Class 8 truck.

The Canadian manufacturer will deliver 100 VMC 1200 trucks in Q2 2022; it also received an order for over 150 VMC Optimal E1 Electric Chassis from Olathe Fleet Solutions.