Electric bus manufacturer, battery, drivetrain and charging infrastructure supplier, Proterra Inc, has secured a USD200m investment led by Cowen Sustainable Advisors LLC along with supporting investments from Soros Fund Management, Generation Investment Management, and Broadscale Group.

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is to acquire eight hydrogen fuel cell 12m H2 City Gold buses from Portuguese manufacturer, Caetano Bus.

Proterra Inc has launched its new battery-electric transit bus, the Proterra ZX5.

Electric bus builder, Proterra Inc, also a producer of batteries, has unveiled its very latest series of battery packs, called the H Series, which offer customisable energy storage systems to power a wide range of heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG have signed a binding agreement for a joint venture to develop, produce and commercialise fuel-cell systems for use in heavy-duty trucks as the primary focus, as well as other applications.

Carrier Transicold Europe, part of Carrier Global Corporation, has launched what it calls its first fully ‘autonomous,’ all-electric engineless refrigerated trailer system, the Vector eCool.

Electric vehicle start up, Arrival Ltd has announced its first electric vehicle ‘Microfactory’ is to be built in the USA.

Mirko Sgodda (46), former Head of Compliance Trucks & Buses, became Head of Marketing, Sales and Customer Services at Daimler Buses on October 1, 2020.

Japanese truck manufacturers, Toyota Motors Corporation, and its subsidiary, Hino Trucks Ltd, have come together to develop jointly a hydrogen fuel cell powered tractor unit for the Class 8 market in North America in conjunction with Hino Trucks’ subsidiaries in the USA  and Toyota Motor North America.

BPW Group of Wiehl, Germany, a producer of trailer running gear and associated chassis technologies, is to lead a consortium in the development of an autonomous trailer.

Solaris Bus & Coach has launched a new 15m battery-electric Urbino city bus, the Urbino 15 LE electric, which is aimed at both urban and intercity operation.

Knorr-Bremse DETC Commercial Vehicle Braking Technology Co Ltd has broken ground at a 50,000 square metre (m2) site in Dongfeng Industrial Park, Shanghai.