Ambulance body building specialist, Demers Ambulances Manufacturer Inc, has announced its expansion by acquisition of its strategic supply partner, Garage Carrey & Fils Ltd, a specialist in painting, maintenance and repair of automotive vehicles.

At Busworld in October, automotive HVAC supplier, Webasto Group, premiered its scalable Thermal Management System for electric vehicles.

Ingersoll Rand plc, headquartered in Swords, has introduced a new thermo control holding company under the name of Trane Technologies plc, alongside a new strategy and executive leadership team.

Trailer manufacturer, Van Eck Trailers BV, is delivering seventeen new specialised airfreight trailers for transporting high performance luxury cars to niche logistics firm, Transweb Co Ltd.

Bennes-Marrel and its parent company, Benalu Group at Solutrans 2019 in Lyon held last November introduced a new steel / aluminium hybrid tipper specially designed and optimized for the transport of scrap metal called, Steeltrack.

The Benalu Group at Solutrans 2019 in Lyon held last November announced a group turnover of EUR170m and that it now employs more than 1,000 people in France and Poland.

Jean-Philippe Ferjoz, former commercial director at Renault Trucks has been appointed managing director at Krone France SAS to replace Philippe Lamberet, who was retired.

The Krone Group (a producer of agricultural equipment and on-road trailing equipment (ie commercial vehicles - containers and container chassis, swap bodies and semi-trailers)) last month released record figures for Group operations for the year ending July 31, 2019.

The Mercedes-Benz Vans Dusseldorf plant started series production of the full electric Sprinter on December 12.

Six Volvo Bus 7900e electric buses have entered service at Birmingham International Airport, which is claimed by Nick Barton, CEO of Birmingham Airport as the first UK airport to implement six fully electric landside buses.

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB, the Volvo Group’s business unit focused on investing in technologies to advance the transportation sector, has made an investment in Apex.AI, a leading software company in autonomous mobility.

The Competence Center for Emission-Free Mobility has now been the pilot factory for vehicles with alternative drive systems for 25 years, the automotive giant, Daimler AG, announced last month.