The Canadian company will start testing its fuel-cell electric demonstrator vehicles - built on MAN eTGE platforms - at the end of July, ahead of first customer deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2022 and pilots shortly thereafter.

The companies will partner with the United Nations World Food Programme to build a transport training centre in Accra, dedicated to courses in road transport, fleet management, and temperature-controlled logistics.

The Slovakian start-up will collaborate with the Polish manufacturer in developing a prototype battery cell which will then be tested during 2023.

Hyzon Motors Inc to acquire German truck and trailer body Orten Betriebs GmbH and e-drive conversion company, Orten Electric Trucks GmbH.

Industrial automation specialist Rockwell will be providing the electrification specialist with augmented reality products that will expedite training and assistance provision to ZEVx's service partners.

Upon completion in 2024, the Gigafactory will expand the Polish company's annual production capacity of batteries for electric buses to 5 GWh.

The Finnish company's technology is being piloted in a six-month project which will test its performance in the demanding weather conditions of the far north of Norway.

The following is based on an exclusive interview T&BB conducted with Johannes Ilg, VP Service Sales Management at Voith Turbo, the automotive technology division of the Voith Group.

Wright, who founded the company with his father in 1946, is credited with leading the design of the first British-built electric bus in 1999 and, in 2015, the world’s first fuel-cell electric double-deck bus.

Dana UK operations has won a grant to develop an electric powertrain for the OX Delivers truck for emerging markets.

Between 30 June and 2 July at NAEC Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, a brand-new exhibition dedicated to trucks made its first appearance.

Forsee Power and EDF Store & Forecast have signed a partnership to develop intelligent stationary electricity storage systems utilising used or ‘second life’ batteries from heavy-duty electric vehicles.