Chinese manufacturer agrees to supply 3,000 battery packs to electric bus-maker VKTR in 2025

Buses to be produced at its new plant in Vietnam.

The order is worth INR 297.85 crore (USD35m) to supply 320 diesel (BSVI) 12-metre ultra-low entry rear-engine buses to the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation.

The majority of this order are non-AC diesel buses.

For Forsee Power, the partnership expands its footprint in the North American market, aligning with its strategy to invest in its North American operations in order to provide localised production for its customers.

Volvo announced the start of electric truck production at its facility in Wacol, Queensland, which coincided with a 30-unit order from logistics firm Linfox.

The company recently opened a new 10,000-square-meter production facility in Lublin, Poland, as part of its efforts to expand across Europe. The plant is set up to manufacture several hundred hydrogen-powered buses each year.

This is the first and largest outright purchase of electric buses by a state transport corporation in India.

Production under these contracts is slated to continue through the end of 2029, marking a significant long-term commitment to emissions reduction.

The project - valued at approximately USD660mn (INR 5,500 crore) - includes full-scale electric and civil infrastructure development under a Gross Cost Contracting (GCC) model.

According to the terms of the agreement, MAN will begin deliveries of ‘TGX’ heavy-duty trucks to Gartner this summer, in batches of up to 350 units per year until the end of 2028.

Buses to be produced locally for use on Transjakarta routes.