Optimal Electric Vehicles LLC has announced it is working in a new partnership with heavy-duty electric transportation company, Proterra Inc, to use Proterra’s battery technology and charging systems for the development of an all-electric S1LF low-floor cutaway shuttle bus for the North American market.

Hyundai Motor Company has introduced, the County Electric – a full electric version of its County minibus and the company’s first electric minibus - for the Korean market.

Matthias Gründler, who was until 2018 CFO of Traton SE, the holding company of the CV brands of MAN, Scania and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus on July 16, 2020 took over the role of chair and CEO of the Board of Management at Traton, from Andreas Renschler.

Dr Andrew Palmer, the former managing director at Aston Martin, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Optare plc of Sherburn in Elmet.

Renault Trucks SAS is progressing its transition to a circular economy through a partnership with vehicle recycling specialist company, Indra Automobile Recycling in the Rhône-Alpes region.

The first Profi Liner trailers with four-axles from Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GMBH & Co KG are now on the roads with customers in Denmark, the company has announced.

Coop Danmark A/S, Denmark's leading consumer goods retailer, is to deploy a battery electric Scania truck in its city distribution operations.

Spartan Motors Inc has changed its corporate name to The Shyft Group Inc following the divestiture of its Emergency Response business to the REV Group of Wisconsin.

French bus manufacturer, Heuliez Bus – a subsidiary of CNH Industrial NV since 2013 - is to celebrate its 40th anniversary later this year.

Irizar e-Mobility (a division of Irizar Group) is to supply six, 12m ieTram units plus seven 18m articulated versions for operation by operator BEI on a 10km loop within the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz.

North America’s largest bus and coach builder, New Flyer of America Inc - a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc - has announced it will deploy North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus as part of a demonstration of automated driving technology led by the Connecticut Department of Transportation with funding from the Federal Transit Administration under the IMI initiative.

In June, EV Consulting, part of FEV Group, published a study for the VDMA – a European network association in the mechanical and plant engineering sector – that predicts by 2040 the fuel cell components market for passenger cars in Europe would be worth EUR11bn annually, whereas globally this figure would be EUR75bn.