Daimler Trucks & Buses, the commercial vehicle division of Daimler AG, last month announced it is pursuing a strategy to offer only new vehicles that are CO2-neutral in driving operation in the triad markets of Europe, Japan and NAFTA by 2039.

Brake, axle and drive systems supplier, Meritor Inc of Troy, has reported strong results for its fiscal year ending September 30, 2019: It posted sales of USD4.4bn, up by almost 5% on USD4.19bn in the previous year.

The Volvo FH I-Save, which was launched on the market in June this year, has been returning higher customer fuel economy of between -10 and -12% than the -7% as previously stated by Volvo Trucks, announced Christophe Tharrault, Président de Volvo Trucks France at the Solutrans Show in Lyon last month.

From the start of next year's IAA Commercial Vehicle Event in Hanover, Daimler E Mobility Trucks & Buses, a division of Daimler AG is to offer a free eTruck Ready App enabling customers to determine which operating profiles and routes are suitable for an electric truck.

Silencio is the name the nitrogen refrigeration system by Frappa Group of Davezieux for its medium and heavy-duty refrigerated rigid trucks and semi-trailers.

Nikola Corporation has released details of its new battery technology, which is claimed to have a record energy density of 1,100 watt-hours per kg on the material level and 500 watt-hours per kg on the production cell level.

Specialist heavy haulage trailer manufacturer, Nooteboom BV, revealed its latest generation of its Longrunner lightweight extendible flatbed trailer at the Solutrans exhibition in Lyon.

The Freight in the City 2019 exhibition saw the first public showing of a Scania L-series hybrid truck.

Portuguese bus and coach manufacturer, CaetanoBus and PB GUP Passazhiravtotrans, the largest bus operator in North-Western region of Russia, which signed a co-operation agreement during Busworld Europe, have announced Passazhiravtotrans began testing Caetano’s e.City Gold electric bus in St. Petersburg.

Electric bus manufacturer, BYD Company is celebrating two record orders from the American continent.

Following the announcement by the Council for the European Union in June of a new vehicle directive that mandates the percentage of buses that must be emission-free by 2025 and 2030, three technology companies BMZ, Ziehl-Abegg and Horiba Mira have teamed up to offer, what they claim, is a unique turnkey service for converting existing bus fleets to e-Buses.

Nikola Corporation, a technology start-up company focused on the production zero emission transportation solutions, at the European launch of Nikola Tre – a BEV and FCEV tractor unit – together with its industrial partner, CNH Industrial at the industrial village of subsidiary, Iveco SpA, announced its strategy to develop a hydrogen fuelling and BEV charging network in Europe suitable for the operation of battery electric and hydrogen-fuelled long haul tractor units.