The vehicles will be powered by BAE Systems’ third generation Series-E full hybrid drivetrain, consisting of a 250kW electric traction motor, a 150kW Euro 6 combustion engine, and a 1kWh ultracapacitor energy storage system.

The truck itself features a P 45 cab, three axles, and nine batteries providing 300 kWh of energy - fitted with a dump trailer with side tip and pulling a 4-axle dolly trailer with another tipper body.

The 300 electric buses and 500 CNG buses will be delivered in batches over the course of this year to the capital city of Tashkent.

The mixed vehicle order consists of new electric and diesel trucks from UK commercial vehicle retailer, the Asset Alliance Group, with deliveries to begin in late 2023.

The 7.2-tonne cab-chassis - fitted with a swap body built by Göbel - is a new weight configuration in Quantron’s ‘QLI BEV’ range of light-duty vehicles based on the Iveco Daily.

117 zero-emission buses are to be manufactured by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland and operated by FirstBus across the UK.

With deliveries beginning in the second half of 2023, this order follows the announcement in January of a 500 articulated E-WAY electric city bus order from Flemish government-owned public transport operator De Lijn.

The kingdom's first electric bus to enter commercial operation serves passengers travelling between the old part of Jeddah and the districts in the north-western part of the inner city.

The contract, with the Swedish public operator, Svealandstrafiken, comprises 23 Ebusco 3.0 13.5-metre Class II e-buses with an option to purchase an additional 41.

CaetanoBus is set to supply German public transport operator Deutsche Bahn (DB), with 60 hydrogen-powered H2.City Gold buses, to be delivered in Q1 2024, following 71 European orders last year.

JBM is believed to be the first bus builder in India to offer the home market fully integral buses.

The order comprises a mixture of medium- to high-end models from the ‘C13 PRO’ or ‘ZK6138H’ range of 12.5-metre coaches.