Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd, a company established in 2017 to convert medium and heavy trucks to be fully battery electric, has announced it is to fit a real-time battery monitoring system to all its vehicles as they come off the production line in Blackburn.

Thermo King Europe and BPW Group have announced a collaboration to develop a new economic and ecological refrigerated trailer solution using regenerated energy from the trailer axles while braking.

Daimler Truck AG through its subsidiary, Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co KG, says it is pushing hard towards series production of fuel cells.

Hankook Tire has announced it is partnering with Amazon Web Services, a division of Amazon Inc to incorporate more digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data within its operations.

Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd has announced contract services provider, Biffa, has placed an order for 27 all-electric waste trucks for its Manchester City Council waste management operations.

Electric delivery vehicle start-up, Arrival Ltd, which in February announced a contract to supply UPS in the United States with up to 10,000 purpose-designed low floor delivery electric vans, last month added a battery-powered  all-electric bus to its portfolio of vehicles.

Advancer is the name of a completely new tractor unit refrigeration platform that temperature control specialist, Thermo King Europe launched last month following more than four years of research, testing and development.

TIP Trailer Services, an equipment services provider, has launched its new range of telematics-based digital and connected services - TIP Insight.

An overwhelming majority of shareholders of Delphi Technologies Plc last month approved the previously announced negotiated takeover merger with BorgWarner Inc.

DAF Trucks NV is introducing an improved Advanced Emergency Braking System for its complete range of LF, CF and XF models: AEBS-3.

Stemco, an EnPro Industries subsidiary and brand, and manufacturer of heavy-duty components for commercial vehicles, has instigated a series of changes to its product lines to refocus resources on its core products and business areas.

Nikola Corporation early last month completed its previously announced business combination with VectoIQ Acquisition Corporation, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Nikola’s listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the new ticker symbol NKLA.