Paris-based transport operator, Transdev Group, is planning to introduce autonomous shuttles into global transport systems starting in Europe.

Navistar International Corporation of Lisle, Illinois, USA is offering a free one-year factory-backed warranty for engine and after-treatment systems on its most popular used on-highway vehicles. The warranty is available on units purchased from any retail outlet through to December 2021 with service backed by a dealer support network of over 700 locations.

Shareholders of the US-based truck manufacturer, Navistar International Corporation, have approved the purchase price and offer made by Traton SE to acquire all the remaining common shares of Navistar at a price of USD44.50 per share in cash.

Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group have completed transactions allowing the formation of their previously announced fuel-cell joint venture.

Hyzon Motors, a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, has entered a strategic alliance with Australian energy supplier, Viva Energy.

The first series produced Cristal Shuttle Bus has come off the production line in February this year at the premises of the New Mobilities division of the Lohr Group in Hangenbieten, France.

Toyota Motor Corporation of Toyota, Japan has developed packaging to house fuel cell systems into compact modules, which, it says, it plans to begin selling it in the spring of 2021 or later. The new module is designed to be utilised easily by companies developing and manufacturing fuel cell systems for a wide variety of applications, including transport such as trucks, buses, trains and ships.

Solaris Bus & Coach is trialling its new 15-metre intercity version of its Urbino LE Electric bus as part of a demonstration programme involving several Norwegian operators from Oslo and the surrounding area.

Westport Fuel Systems Inc of Vancouver, Canada and AVL, the Austrian-headquartered independent specialist in development, simulation and testing of powertrain systems, have jointly released a report entitled: ‘Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis for Heavy Duty Hydrogen Fuelled Powertrains.’

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg have produced a structural battery claimed to perform ten times better than all previous versions.

Alexander Dennis Ltd of Larbert, part of NFI Group, has secured a further 172 electric bus orders through the Scottish Government’s award of GBP40.5m in funding to bus operators through a second round of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme.

The Lion Electric Company, a Canadian manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, is investing in the construction of a battery manufacturing plant and innovation centre in Quebec.