MANNHEIM, Germany—Mercedes-Benz Trucks has begun assembling a key component of its new eActros 600 long-haul truck at its factory here.

CHARLOTTE, MI—Builtmore Contract Manufacturing has started to assemble Isuzu’s NRR-EV truck at its facility here.

HONG KONG—Windrose Technology, a Chinese start-up, plans to build an assembly plant in Georgia to mass-produce battery-powered Class 8 vehicles.

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN—Engineers at Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Transportation are developing a way for electric vehicles to wirelessly charge while driving on highways.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued final national pollution standards that promise to accelerate the adoption of cleaner vehicle technologies.

Two recipients of the Assembly Plant of the Year award (Ford and Kenworth) are using state-of-the-art tools and technology to produce electric vehicles.

Battery-powered vehicles are becoming a common sight on ramps and tarmacs.

WASHINGTON—Daimler Truck North America, Navistar Inc. and Volvo Group North America have formed a coalition called Powering America’s Commercial Transportation.

BYHALIA, MS—Accelera by Cummins, a joint-venture between Cummins Inc., Daimler Truck North America and Paccar Inc., plans to build a battery factory here.

WÖRTH, Germany—Electric trucks produced at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant here are now being used to deliver parts to the factory.