Container chassis producer, CIE Manufacturing Inc, which officially changed its name in late January this year from CIMC Intermodal Equipment Inc, says it is transitioning from an assembly operation of container chassis imported from China for the north American market to full scale manufacturing production in the United States this year.

British semi-trailer and rigid vehicle body builder, Don-Bur (Bodies & Trailers) Ltd has, for the first time, manufactured a lifting deck straight-frame tri-axle double deck trailer design with a lifting roof.

As part of the company’s strategy to expand operations, senior management roles at electric vehicle builder, Proterra Inc, have been restructured appointing current chairman, Jack Allen as chairman and chief executive officer and Ryan Popple, Proterra’s current CEO since 2014, appointed as co-founder and executive director.

With two electric bus models, the Jest Electric and Atak Electric midi-buses in series production and sales now exceeding 100 units, Karsan Otomotiv Sanayii ve Tic A.Ş. is moving full throttle to develop an autonomous version of Atak Electric!

The MIRA Technology Park, one of Europe’s leading mobility R&D centres for automotive technologies, has announced it is partnering with Plug and Play, the US innovation platform for start-up technology companies to create the UK’s first Mobility Innovation Hub.

Moving floor trailer specialist, Knapen Trailers BV, has gained special certification for transporting paper rolls in its moving floor trailers.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems has announced it is to extend the supply compression release engine brakes across the full range of Yuchai K Series heavy duty engines made by Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Co Ltd, one of China’s largest engine makers based in Yulin.

This year, coach building specialist, MCI, is offering 100% battery electric versions of its best-selling coach models for tour, charter and employee shuttle application, the 35ft, J3500 model and the 45ft, J4500 coach model, according to JP Pelletier, VP Engineering MCI NFI Group - Coach Business, announcing this during a presentation at the Busworld Academy North America held during the ABA Marketplace 2020 in Omaha earlier this year.

Heavy-duty truck builder, Scania AB, has chosen Webasto Group to be its charging partner across Europe, to provide charging stations when selling its new plug-in hybrid truck.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA, after it announced earlier this year it was to add the 15m Urbino inter-urban and intercity bus version to its full electric portfolio, the company has released more details of the driveline, which will feature for the first time the CeTrax ‘drop-in’ central drive electric axle from ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

“At Navistar we are power agnostic, we offer diesel (Cummins), gasoline (PSI), gas (PSI) and in the near future, electric powered vehicles,” stated Gary Horvat,  Navistar, Vice President eMobility.

Jo Bamford, managing director of the Bamford Bus Company, says he has petitioned government ministers to focus the country on clean hydrogen-powered transport, post the Covid-19 pandemic.