LIGHTS, which stands for ‘Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions’, brought public and private companies, authorities, and institutions together to draw up and test plans for deploying battery-electric trucks at scale in the state of California.

The Northern Irish manufacturer received an order worth GBP81m from First Bus for 193 battery-electric buses, including single- and double-deckers.

Both German automotive corporations, which have both committed to ramping up production of electric vehicles before the end of the decade, are keen to establish secure and sustainable supply chains for their EV manufacturing operations.

Marcopolo has begun export sales of its top of the range and most popular coach, the Paradiso Generation 8 (G8) 1800 Double Deck model to Argentina.

Dennis Eagle supplied Spelthorne Borough Council with an Elite truck fitted with a Palfinger crane and a Terberg OmniMAX electric bin lift system.

Meritor announced that in May this year it opened a new purpose-built test chamber for heavy-duty electric powertrains and drivetrain development at its brake manufacturing and global disc brake research facility in Cwmbran, UK.

Maxion Wheels has joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and ResponsibleSteel, not-for-profit organisations which aim to establish global standards and certification for the sustainable sourcing and production of aluminium and steel respectively.

Volvo has delivered an autonomous heavy-duty off-road truck with hand-held remote control and monitoring system from up to two miles away.

The Bus Ontime took delivery of 10 Futuras, reflecting early signs of a recovery in the European coach market, according to VDL.

Over several weeks, Tevva tested its 7.5-tonne battery-electric truck by driving it up to heights of 3,000 metres above sea level whilst fully laden with a 2.5-tonne cargo.

Alexander Dennis (ADL) has announced it is to offer its own in-house integrated battery electric city buses in single and double deck form from late 2023. The first ten new integral battery electric Enviro500EV double decks are to be delivered to KMB in Hong Kong.

VW latest school bus order for 2,300 vehicles, all with Marcopolo bodies, takes numbers sold under the Caminho da Escola program in the last 15 years to over 27,000.