Volvo Trucks Corporation delivered its first all-electric trucks on  February 19 – a refuse truck to waste and recycling company, Renova, and a distribution truck to the logistics company, DB Schenker and partner haulier, TGM, operating in Sweden.

Bosch Group has reported preliminary figures indicating its financial performance indices in 2018 were equal to its 2017 performance despite losses of EUR2.1bn attributed to currency exchange rates.

Proterra Inc has announced StarMetro has ordered 22 Proterra Catalyst FC buses to provide transport services for Florida State University, bringing the StarMetro fleet to 27 battery-electric buses.

The Goods & Service Tax and E-Way Bill System is expected to be integrated with the FASTag mechanism introduced by the National Highways Authority of India from April 2019 to help track movement of goods and check GST evasion.

Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi consortium, has made an investment in PowerShare, an electric vehicle (EV) charging platform start-up company based in China.

Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation, global manufacturer of petrochemicals, fertilisers, industrial polymers and metals, headquartered in Riyad, has taken a majority stake in Black Diamond Structures LLC, a nanotechnology company from Austin, Texas, established in 2014.

Dana Incorporated has completed its acquisition of the privately-owned SME Group.

Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation have concluded contracts for business-integration and for a new joint-venture company for automotive battery R&D and manufacture.

Hyva Global BV, specialist in skip loaders, container handling and waste collection/disposal equipment is to present new hook-loaders at Bauma 2019 in April 8-14, thereby expanding its Titan range with 26 and 30-ton versions.

Schmitz Cargobull AG claims to be the first trailer manufacturer in Europe to produce single-piece Ferroplast (insulated) side walls for refrigerated box bodies with a total length of 16.80 metres.

Meiller GmbH, the manufacturer of heavy duty equipment for the construction and waste disposal industries is set to reveal new products and innovations at the Bauma event in April.

Less than two years on from the product and manufacturing launch, Schmitz Cargobull AG has decided to shut down its V.KO Van Bodies production in Berlin.