Leyland Trucks Ltd, the producer of DAF trucks for right hand drive markets, last month celebrated production of its 200,000th LF chassis.

Daimler Trucks AG, Iveco SpA and the Volvo Group have committed to work alongside Austrian oil company, OMV and Dutch firm, Shell New Energies NL BV under a new EU initiative called H2Accelerate, to help create conditions for mass-market roll-out of hydrogen trucks in Europe.

Gainsborough-based Eminox Ltd is to retrofit emissions control solutions to 205 buses operated by First Group (Scotland) enabling compliance ahead of the introduction of Low Emissions Zones in Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen between February 2022 and May 2022, and Phase 2 in Glasgow in 2023.

Croydon-based Thompsons Group, renowned for its steel tipper truck bodies is now carving out a reputation for its aluminium bodies with customers increasingly wanting aluminium bodies to accommodate a much wider range of operating requirements.

Vancouver-based GreenPower Motor Company Inc, a manufacturer and distributor of zero emissions electric powered medium and heavy-duty vehicles, has delivered its first EV Star Cargo Plus delivery truck to the city of Vancouver.

Electric bus manufacturer, BYD Europe BV from its plant in Hungary has delivered the majority of what it claims is Europe’s largest single order for electric buses to Keolis Nederland BV.

Daimler Trucks AG has delivered a further four Fuso eCanters to PostNL, the Dutch postal service.

Air conditioning manufacturer, Hispacold International, says an independent test shows its eco3 air purifier is 99.7% effective in removing the coronavirus from the air.

New distribution electric truck start up, Volta Trucks has announced it has entered a long term strategic partnership with Petit Forestier SAS - the European leader in refrigeration rentals - to develop and build a full-electric refrigerated delivery truck.

Electric van and bus manufacturing start up, Arrival Ltd, is establishing its North American headquarters in Charlotte, adding around 150 new employees and plans to invest USD3m establishing the company’s new offices on South Tryon Street, South End, North Carolina.

Nikola Corporation and Republic Services Inc, the second largest recycling and solid waste provider in the USA, have discontinued their collaboration on refuse truck development following agreement in August this year for Republic Services to purchase 2,500 battery electric vehicles.

Following a successful four-month pilot programme of Volvo Trucks’ new Driver Display Activation application, Volvo Trucks North America Inc says the programme went into full production on November 30, 2020.