With its first electric bus orders having taken place to Strasburg last December, series production has started for Alstom’s purpose-designed full electric 12m Aptis city buses at its two factories near Alsace.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has signed a contract for the supply of electric buses to the Polish Municipal Road and Transport Authority in Radom.

Irizar e-mobility has been awarded a contract to supply 15 zero-emission ie Tram units and a charging network in Schaffhausen.

Heuliez Bus, a subsidiary of London-headquartered CNH Industrial NV, has received an order from QBUZZ for 49 articulated Heuliez GX437 electric city buses to be used in the Groningen and Drenthe regions of The Netherlands.

Optare Plc, the Yorkshire-based subsidiary of India’s Ashok Leyland Inc, is to supply a further 21 Metrodecker EV battery electric, zero-emission buses to First York.

Transport for London has ordered 20 zero-emission double deck buses from Wrightbus, which are to operate on three routes serving the west of London from Wembley to the West End.

Tata Motors Ltd has won an order for 200 fully-built refrigerated trucks from Kool-ex Cold Chain Ltd, a cold chain logistics service provider specialising in the pharmaceutical industry.

Ashok Leyland Ltd has won an order for 1,290 buses from Gujarat State Roadways Corporation.

Irizar E-Mobility, the dedicated electric transportation division of the Irizar Group, has signed a contract for ten Irizar ie bus 12m electric buses with operator, Rheinbahn.

Trailer and truck body builder, Librelato S.A, last month announced orders for 202 vehicles for delivery this year; 180 units from Fontanella Transport and 22 from Transportadora Peregrina.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus has sold and shipped 52 Volksbus buses with the new Neobus New Mega body to the public transportation operator in Cuenca; the county’s third largest city.

Scania do Brasil Ltda has sold its first bi-articulated BRT buses in Brazil to the city of Curitiba.