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.

According to statistics collated by LLC Avtostat Info, Russia registered 6,263 new buses (>5t gvw) in the first half of 2020, which was 1.2% up on 6,187 units in 1H/2019.

GAZ Group has presented pre-production modified models of its electric GAZelle vehicles, the Gazelle e-NN.

Europe’s second largest trailer builder, Krone Commercial Vehicle SE at a Covid-19-secure press conference last month announced some significant investments made in the past 18 months as well as a number to come in the next financial year.

Denyo Co Ltd and Toyota Motor Corporation have developed jointly a fuel cell power supply vehicle which uses hydrogen to generate electricity.

Three Rosenbauer fire trucks featuring Volvo Penta electric drivelines are currently being delivered to fire departments in Berlin, Amsterdam, and Dubai to begin real-world customer testing.

Iveco Ltd of Basildon has launched the new Daily Business; a Daily model that features the most popular customer specification options for the interior trim.

Ford of Britain has introduced a new 5.0-tonne Transit derivative, offering customers a van or chassis cab rated to 5,000kg gross vehicle weight which becomes available from late November.