Sono Motors’ ‘Solar Bus Kit’ is a solar panel array which fits onto the roof of a city bus in order to provide auxiliary power, reducing fuel consumption in a combustion engine vehicle or increasing the energy capacity of an electric one.

The funding is to be used to support deployment of 350 fully air-conditioned, 9-metre electric buses across eight cities in Uttar Pradesh.

The company has been testing a hydrogen-powered engine in a Mercedes-Benz Unimog with the long-term aim of developing, at scale, hydrogen combustion engines for heavy-duty and specialised vehicles.

New Flyer’s ‘Xcelsior Hybrid’ will be offered with a new BAE powertrain, adding a ‘GPM’ direct drive motor and a ‘Modular Power Control System’ (MPCS), alongside other components which were in previous models.

The e-buses will operate on the island of Yakushima, a Unesco World Heritage site.

The agreement is initially for installation of charging bays for customers with cars and light vans and trucks, but also to undertake a feasibility study to add charging equipment for delivery trucks.

The technology which Milence demonstrated is the result of a partnership with Power Electronics which was agreed earlier this year.

‘PlusVision’ – vehicle perception software which Plus launched earlier this year – can now be procured on an Ambarella ‘CV3-AD655’ system-on-chip which, according to Plus, offers “industry-leading AI performance per watt”.

BYD trucks imported into Europe will be equipped with both Geotab’s hardware and software, that collects and transmits vehicle data which includes safety analytics, trip data, zone activity, electric vehicle statistics, exception events, GPS tracking, and more.

Iveco aims to leverage LIST’s expertise to find lightweight composite materials which enable weight reduction in vehicles to  enhance fuel efficiency and improve TCO for fleet operators.

The facility is managed by the company’s local distributor, Dangote Sinotruk West Africa Ltd.

The sale is still pending regulatory approval and is expected to close by Q1 2025. This is part of Goodyear’s plan to cut costs by streamlining its business operations.