Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) of Mumbai has signed a letter of intention (LOI) with the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI)1 E-Bus Mission, to develop a tailored implementation work plan for deploying electric buses in Mumbai. The TUMI E-Bus Mission will comprise a technical assistance plan and a plan to create a long-term adoption roadmap for Mumbai.

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) of Oragadam, near Chennai, a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks Asia of Japan and Germany’s Daimler AG, has signed a strategic initiative with Shriram Automall India Ltd (SAMIL) to market used commercial vehicles.

The five-year contract was signed with Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority of Buffalo, New York.

The two companies will jointly develop a new series of Class 4-6 electric trucks built on ZEC chassis and fitted with bodies by EAVX.

The two companies jointly developed the refrigerated truck, which is an MAN eTGM with an inverter-driven refrigeration unit.

The 118 MCI coaches and 55 New Flyer vehicles, ordered as part of an existing six-year supply agreement, will serve to connect New Jersey with Pennsylvania and New York.

Refrigerated solutions firms Daikin Reefer of Osaka, Japan, and IRS International of Laverton, Australia, have announced that their European projects will operate out of one combined headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Canadian bus manufacturer Letenda Inc., based in Longueuil, Quebec, has announced that Cummins Inc. of Columbus, Indiana, will provide the electric powertrain for its new Electrip transit bus for North American markets.

Lightning eMotors of Loveland, Colorado, has announced a partnership with Munich-based Siemens AG to offer level-2 electric vehicle chargers to commercial fleets. Siemens’ VersiCharge AC systems are now available under the Lightning Energy brand.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, has announced a partnership with the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) of Stark County, Ohio to collaborate on intelligent tyre sensors and prototype tyres for SARTA’s mixed fleet of diesel and hydrogen fuel cell buses.

Hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems Inc of Vancouver, British Columbia, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with battery producer Forsee Power, based in Paris, France, with the goal of developing integrated fuel cell and battery solutions.

The hydrogen and synthetic fuels production company expects to produce 2,000 metric-tons of hydrogen at Californian hub; through partnership with Hyzon Motors, Raven SR plans to expand its waste-to-hydrogen process as far as Europe, Asia, and Australia.