Kenworth Truck Company of Kirkland and driveline component supplier, Dana Incorporated, announced their collaboration on electric powertrain development for medium-duty Kenworth battery electric vehicles at the CES event in Las Vegas early this month.

Scania AB has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Ivory Coast and SOTRA, the transportation company for the city of  Abidjan, to deliver 450 buses.

BYD North America Inc of Los Angeles says its dedicated electric bus plant in Lancaster which operates under the name of BYD Coach & Bus Factory, has produced its 400th electric bus; this was its 60-foot articulated K11M model built for the Los Angeles World Airports, which forms part of a 20 unit bus order.

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has invested an undisclosed sum in Autotech Ventures - an American venture capital fund based in Menlo Park focusing on start-ups in the ground transportation sector.

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd has opened a new state-of-the-art dealership in Gateshead just two miles from the A1(M) north/south motorway for providing support for the complete range of MAN vehicles, ie trucks, vans, buses and coaches.

Bennes-Marrel at Solutrans 2019 in Lyon held last November introduced Blacktrack, a new and specially designed steel tipping 3-axle semi-trailer for transporting hot asphalt.

Presenting a year-end overview of its performance in the markets of the UK and Ireland, James Charnock, commercial vehicle and services director at Renault Trucks UK, said while political uncertainty surrounding Brexit had driven some pre-buy activity this year, the result had been overall market growth in the medium and heavy-duty (MHD) truck sector with 47,000 registrations at the end of November – up 14% on 2018, exceeding expectations. 

Ambulance body building specialist, Demers Ambulances Manufacturer Inc, has announced its expansion by acquisition of its strategic supply partner, Garage Carrey & Fils Ltd, a specialist in painting, maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles.

At Busworld in October, automotive HVAC supplier, Webasto Group, premiered its scalable Thermal Management System for electric vehicles.

Ingersoll Rand plc, headquartered in Swords, has introduced a new thermo control holding company under the name of Trane Technologies plc, alongside a new strategy and executive leadership team.

Trailer manufacturer, Van Eck Trailers BV, is delivering seventeen new specialised airfreight trailers for transporting high performance luxury cars to niche logistics firm, Transweb Co Ltd.

Bennes-Marrel and its parent company, Benalu Group at Solutrans 2019 in Lyon held last November introduced a new steel / aluminium hybrid tipper specially designed and optimized for the transport of scrap metal called, Steeltrack.