Global supplier of medium-and heavy-duty automatic transmissions, Allison Transmission Holdings Inc, has strategically extended its product offering into the fully electric driveline field with the purchase of two operations in the electrical drivetrain field; Vantage Power and AxleTech’s Electric Vehicle Systems Division.

‘Ecogen Hydro’ from Cold Connect Ltd, is the name of a hydraulic generator powered by the engine PTO of a truck or tractor, giving constant electrical power for transport refrigeration units.

Independent bus builder, Blue Bird Corporation, announced delivery of its 5,000th Type C gasoline-powered Blue Bird Vision Gasoline school bus, since it was launched in the autumn of 2016.

Electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD Motors Inc, introduced its next generation 8Y, battery-electric yard tractor at the ACT Expo in California last month.

Vehicle builders,  Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (Foton),  Toyota Motor Company, and fuel cell developer, Beijing SinoHytec Co Ltd have announced an agreement for all three parties to jointly develop fuel cell buses.

Trevor Milton, Nikola CEO and founder of electric truck concern, Nikola Motor Company, at an event held at its WestWorld facility in Scottsdale, said the company was actively pursuing hydrogen as a ubiquitous fuel for its electric vehicles and that it had just committed to making an initial investment of USD16m to build Nikola's new fuel cell development laboratory and that staged investments in the new facility was expected to exceed several hundred million dollars.

Supplier of lighting systems to on- and off-highway and military vehicle markets, Truck-Lite Co LLC has announced its acquisition of Lumitec LLC - a premier supplier of LED lighting for the marine industry since 2007.

After announcing development of a hydrogen-electric truck for European markets back in November, the electric vehicle pioneer, Nikola Motor Company unveiled Nikola Tre at a major event held at its WestWorld facility in Scottsdale.

AxleTech in March announced it had entered into a strategic agreement with Agility Fuel Solutions, a global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, to produce and deliver highly refined vehicle controls systems for advanced electric vehicle powertrains.

DAF Trucks NV has announced it is investing EUR200m to expand its cab plant in Westerlo by 45%.

Gangway systems specialist for the bus and rail industries, Hübner GmbH & Co KG, is building a new factory for the manufacture of elastic polymer material products in Dunlap.

According to Russian Automotive Market Research, in the first three months of 2019 sales of new trailers and semi-trailers in Russia increased by 4% to 6.56 thousand.