Electric vehicle start up, Arrival Ltd has attracted investment funding of USD118m to finance its global expansion plans.  

TRATON SE, (the medium and heavy commercial vehicle majority-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG producing vehicles and other mobility products under the Scania, MAN, VW and RIO brands) has announced it has agreed terms with the major shareholders in US truck and bus builder, Navistar International Corporation.

Trailer builder, Krone Commercial Vehicles SE, says it has forged a global strategic partnership with Shippeo, to offer predictive and real-time information of every delivery for Krone Telematics customers.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsara Inc, a specialist in industrial Internet of Things.

Great Dane LLC, manufacturer of trailers and truck body equipment, and Aurora Parts & Accessories LLC, have entered a strategic partnership combining Great Dane’s expertise in service to the goods mobility industry with Aurora’s aftermarket operational expertise, distribution services and digital platforms.

Alexander Dennis Ltd has announced its zero-emission capable Enviro400ER double deck bus has been fully certified as an Ultra-Low Emission Bus by the UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership.

Daimler Buses has gained its largest ever bus order from Israel following a successful tender bid for a total of 415 city and inter-city buses.

GAZ Group of Nizhny Novgorod – a JSC Russian Machines subsidiary - has developed a prototype city bus (LiAZ-529267-72-30) running on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Following a report by the Hindenburg Research company accusing Nikola Corporation of Phoenix and its senior management of lying making false statements about its truck's capabilities, partnerships and products, a Class Action lawsuit is now being actioned by Hagens Berman on behalf of investors.

Weichai Group, a major producer of internal combustion engines has officially launched the first commercialised diesel engine in the world claimed to have a brake thermal efficiency above 50% (50.26%).

In spite of the corona-virus pandemic, new light commercial vehicles (N1 category - gross vehicle weights of up to 3.5t - including buses of the M2 category up to 5t gvw) fell by just 12.8% in January to June this year to 40,082 units compared with 45,964 units in the same period of last year, according to figures from Avtostat Info.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems Europe, manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engine retarding and valve actuation systems, recently celebrated shipping its 50,000th engine brake manufactured from its European facility near Brno, which it opened a year ago in September 2019.