Specialty vehicle, RV and CV manufacturer, Spartan Motors Inc has reported positive results for the first quarter 2020 ending March 31, effectively, a continuation of full year results for 2019, as it transforms its business to focus on key market trends of e-commerce, electrification, and autonomous technologies.

Specialty vehicle manufacturer, Spartan Motors Inc has concluded the sale of its Spartan Emergency Response business to commercial vehicle bodybuilder giant, REV Group Inc for USD55m.

Chereau SAS is accelerating its actions to move to zero emission hydrogen transport solutions.

Penso, specialising in design and production of lightweight composite products for some of the biggest brands in the aerospace and automotive sectors has announced its entry into the UK commercial vehicle bodybuilding segment with plans to transform the home delivery sector.

Volvo Bus Corporation has renamed its latest hybrid-powered buses, the ‘S-Charge’ model range, which is an abbreviation for the word, Self-Charging.

Clarience Technologies, LLC is the new holding company name for Truck-Lite Holdings Inc; the company formally announced the name change on May 11, 2020.

BYD Europe Ltd (a subsidiary of BYD Inc) has partnered with Norwegian car distributor and retailer, RSA BIL Oslo, to expand its EV portfolio in Europe.

Dana Incorporated has appointed Dr. Hong Yang as senior director of electric vehicle systems engineering for its Commercial Vehicle Drive and Motion business unit.

Trailar, which supplies and fit solar kits for fitting on the roofs of trucks, trailers and buses has announced delivery and fit of more than 1,000 vehicles globally in its three years of operations.

Miejskie Przedsiebiorstwo Komunikacyjne S.A., the public transport operator for the city of Krakow, is purchasing 50, Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach SA, which are to be delivered by the Bolechowo-based bus builder within the year from when the contract was signed (May 25).

Konvekta’s HEAT2GO latent heat storage system that first went on public display at Busworld Brussels last October is now undergoing trials in Germany.

Traton SE has offered to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock in Navistar International Corporation not already owned by Traton at a price of USD35 per share in cash; this represents a 45% premium over Navistar’s closing share price of USD24.11 on January 29, 2020 and a 19% premium over Navistar’s 90-day volume weighted average price of USD29.40.