Deurne-based electric bus manufacturer, Ebusco, has commenced road trials with its first Ebusco 2.2, 18m articulated buses.

Stoke-on-Trent trailer manufacturer, Don-Bur (Bodies & Trailers) Ltd has, in conjunction with long term customer, Royal Mail, developed a new lifting deck trailer design with a lifting roof, for which the Royal Mail has placed an order for 45 tri-axle units.

Forsee Power is launching a new generation of extra-thin batteries called SLIM. They are said to compose the thinnest modular range in the world and will be equipped with a liquid cooling system and can be applied for use in all types of heavy vehicle.

Toyota Motor Corporation of Toyota, Japan has agreed with three major convenience store operators in Japan to begin trials of hydrogen-powered fuel-cell delivery trucks later this year.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, headquartered in Kawasaki City in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, which is majority-owned by Daimler AG of Stuttgart, Germany and operates under the brand name Fuso, launched the new Canter in the United Arab Emirates in December.

Isuzu Motors Ltd, headquartered in Tokyo’s Shinagawa district and Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Company, based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo prefecture, have developed a new rear-body monitoring system for heavy trucks using connected technologies.

Brigade Electronics Plc, a specialist in electronic warning and safety devices, has launched three new dashcam offerings to suit a range of requirements.

Broshuis BV, the Overijssel-based manufacturer of trailers for specialist heavy haulage applications, has developed a range of ‘blade’ trailers to meet the challenges of transporting wind turbine blades.

Ford Trucks is introducing two new product variants, plus updated services and technologies throughout its current product range, which are to launch in 44 countries.

The world’s first fleet of double deck hydrogen buses, built by Ballymena-based Wrightbus, officially began operations on January 28 in Aberdeen.

One of Turkey’s fastest-growing bus and coach builders, Anadolu Isuzu, which in December last year unveiled a new purpose-built CNG-powered 13m coach with its trademark two names Kendo and Interliner, recently delivered six units to the REK Bitola Power Plant in North Macedonia.

New Flyer of America has announced its Xcelsior AV automated transit bus is now in operation at Robotic Research in Clarksburg, Maryland.