Haldex AB has issued a statement saying its largest shareholder, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, intends to divest its 20% shareholding in Haldex, reportedly consisting of 8.9 million shares.

Scania AB has developed an autonomous self-driving driverless truck called AXL.

A specialist in the manufacture of interiors for buses and trains of more than 30 years, Ellamp SpA, has changed ownership in a management buyout involving CEO, Ing. Massimo Ottino and his partners, which includes the original founder (1987) and president, Franco Oblatore.

E-Mobility Group has formed a partnership with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, a global supplier of lithium ion batteries.

Volkswagen Trucks and Buses presented at the NTU National Seminar, held in Brasilia at the end of August, the first 15m city bus with second directional front axle in the country.

After many weeks of speculation, double deck bus building specialist, Wrights Group in Northern Ireland, UK has gone into administration.

Fuso, the brand name of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation and Chevrolet, which is the brand name given to trucks sold in Ecuador imported from Isuzu Motors Ltd in Japan, have both announced investments upgrading their range of trucks in order to try and expand their respective market shares in the country and region.

FPT Industrial Brasil and FTP Industrial Argentina - the components subsidiaries in the region of CNH Industrial NV, which includes engines, axles, transmissions and power generators - have passed a total of 500,000 engines to be made in South America.

Divemotor Peru Ltda and representative of Mercedes-Benz in the Peruvian market for the past 25 years, has introduced Euro V medium-duty trucks to the market despite there being no current requirement to do so.

A national survey of 449 fleet operating companies conducted by the Ecuadorian magazine, Buen Viaje, specialized in tourism and bus operations, which represents 56.5% of the total of 709 dedicated to passenger transportation, revealed that the vast majority of buses in use in the country has bodies produced by domestic manufacturers.

Metra Metropolitan Transport System (Metra), the operator of the ABD Corridor and its extension Diadema-Brooklin in São Paulo, in partnership with UBus, has launched a new ‘on-demand’ city bus service operating a new line between São Bernardo city and São Paulo on the São Bernardo - Berrini corridor (33km).

The capital and largest city of Peru, Lima, in June received 300 buses with Caio Induscar Apache VIP bus bodies and Mercedes-Benz OF-1721 high-floor chassis for the Pan American Games, which are taking place there between July 26 and August 11.