India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced it is to levy a pollution tax or ‘Green Tax’ on older petrol and diesel vehicles.

Bus and coach builder, Anadolu Isuzu has announced it is to offer its new 8.5m, 37 seater Grand Toro midi coach with the Allison T3270R xFE fully-automatic transmission from Allison Transmissions Inc, which comes with integral retarder, as an option.

US medium-duty battery- and hydrogen fuel cell-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, Lightning eMotors and technology, media, and telecom private-to-public equity corporation, GigCapital Inc, have reached an agreement to combine their businesses, which will result in Lightning eMotors becoming a publicly listed company.

Engineering consultancy, Ricardo plc, and hydrogen power technologies manufacturer, AFC Energy plc, have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at identifying new and innovative alternative fuel solutions.

Renault Trucks UK & Ireland Ltdhas announced plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) status by 2030 and revealed details of its Sustainability Initiative.

The Mercedes-Benz production plant at Ludwigsfelde is 30 years old announced Daimler AG last month.

Cummins Emission Solutions says it was responsible for integrating a new Dual-Dosing urea injection system into the new V8 range from Scania which contributed to enhanced emissions control and improved fuel-efficiency.

ZF Fleet Management Services, a division of ZF Friedrichshafen AG has signed a long-term agreement with Europe’s third largest trailer builder, Wielton SA to supply advanced telematics and real-time monitoring services.

Following a multi-million GBP investment, trailer technology provider, BPW Ltd says it has now completed the first phase of its expansion plan by introducing an axle assembly line at its site in Leicester and stating that its axles for the UK market will now be engineered in Germany but built in Britain.

BrightDrop is the name of a new business division of General Motors Corporation through which it plans to offer an integrated ecosystem of electric products, software, and services for first to last mile operations.

Paccar Inc and Aurora Innovation Inc have signed a global strategic partnership agreement to develop, test and commercialise autonomous, Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks.

BorgWarner has announced it has developed for the CV market its new new High Voltage Hairpin electric motor, the HVH 320.