Bedfordshire-based vehicle testing and validation enterprise, Millbrook plc is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the proving ground at Millbrook, while its Leyland facility, formerly the Leyland Vehicles Technical Centre, is celebrating 40 years of operation this year.

Announcing 14 electric Irizar ie buses, equipped with Hispacold’s ecological, silent and highly efficient EN air-conditioning systems will go into circulation on the streets of Génova from August 2020.

Hino Motor Ltd’s Malaysian distributor, Hino Motors Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, said it reached a major milestone by delivering its 100,000th truck to a single customer in the country - local conglomerate, Ikhasas Resources Sdn Bhd.

Daimler Buses has celebrated the 25th anniversary of producing its Mercedes-Benz Tourismo coach, which also saw the handover of the 30,000th vehicle produced and delivered to Polish operator, RAF TRANS.

Plus.ai, a provider of self-driving truck technology located in California's Silicon Valley, has received a ‘451 Firestarter’ Award from technology research and advisory firm 451 Research (now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence).

BMB Mode Center Ltda, the vehicle modification specialist for Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, has just completed 18 years of operations, manufacturing some 135,000 custom-built bodies in that timeframe.

New Flyer of America Inc said a test demonstration for the Orange County Transportation Authority achieved 350-miles of zero-emission range with a New Flyer forty-foot, heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell-electric Xcelsior CHARGE H2 bus.

Olectra Greentech Ltd through its strategic tie-up with BYD Co Ltd, now has more than 100 electric buses operating on Indian roads.

Electric bus manufacturer, Proterra Inc, has completed an evaluation programme at the Altoona Bus Research & Testing facility with its 35ft Catalyst E2, fitted with 440kWh of on-board energy storage; the most energy on board a 35-foot bus tested at Altoona.

Battery and electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD Company, celebrated 20 years of operations in Europe at its European headquarters in Schiedam last December.

Solaris Bus & Coach claims that by the end of 2018 its electric buses had exceeded 10 million kilometres of in-service operation.

Marcopolo SA reported celebrating production of 3,000 Torino city bus units at its plant in Rio de Janeiro.