The Higer Azure A12BR is already fully approved by SPTRANS, the transport authority in the city of São Paulo. Local production planned with start of production scheduled for 2023.

Owner Reinhard Hübner announced the new Management Board is as follows: Uwe Bittroff, Head of Bus Gangway Systems in the Mobility Road division; Ingolf Cedra, Head of the Material Solutions and Photonics division; Kai Mentel, Senior Vice President of Mobility Rail and Claus Schäfer, Head of Corporate Finance.

In terms of the transaction details, BorgWarner shareholders would own shares of both companies, with its completion set for late 2023, pending regulatory approval.

Now called Spruce Power, the erstwhile retrofit firm has divested from the vehicle industry to focus on providing residential solar energy and EV charging services.

Marcopolo prepares facilities to ramp up production of Attivi electric bus in response to anticipated rising demand in some Brazilian cities.

The new R&D centre houses 900 staff and 28 test cells including a fuel cell lab, powertrain lab, transmission lab and H2 ICE test cell. The staff use the facilities to conduct numerous component and engine tests relating to reliability, durability, noise and vibration harshness (NVH), as well as environment and extreme climate testing.

Mullen has stated that these recent acquisitions will allow it to enter the commercial vehicle market much sooner than anticipated - as early as next year.

T&BB spoke to representatives of Saietta – a British e-powertrain developer – and its Dutch subsidiary (formerly known as e-Traction) about how the group came to make its first steps into the market for heavy-duty vehicles.

The plant will be used for the assembly of LCVs as well as for the production of 50MW of green hydrogen using advanced electrolysis technology.

The company opened its first sales branch in Dubai, the UAE, expanding its global sales network by specifically bringing its full product range to the middle eastern markets.

A period of some 18/19 months has elapsed following the decision and signed MoU by Tata Motors and Marcopolo for Tata Motors to buy the Brazilian company’s shares in the Indian bus building joint venture.

BMZ has acquired a controlling shareholding in its battery cell holder supplier, Schutz Kunststofftechnik, essentially protecting its current supply chain.