Solaris Bus & Coach SA has won a tender to deliver this year three articulated electric buses to Bonn, making it Solaris’s first order from local operator, SWB.

Iveco SpA is now producing Eurocargo 'Glider' chassis in its Brescia factory, as part of a collaboration with UK-based electric drivetrain specialist, Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd.

The second largest public transport operator in Germany, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH has taken delivery of 16 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses.

Thomas Built Buses is to supply the first 50 of its ‘Jouley’ electric school buses to the state of Virginia.

Electric power conversion specialist, Equipmake Ltd has opened a factory in Snetterton where it plans to design and manufacture fully-integrated electric bus chassis for an increasingly international customer base.

Last month the Lion Electric Company delivered five all-electric school buses to Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento which were funded by the California Energy Commission as part of the School Bus Replacement Programme in the state.

Caetano Bus says it is focusing sales of its electric bus chassis predominantly to markets located outside Western Europe, according to Jörg Pinto CEO of the Salvador Caetano Group in an interview with T&BB at Busworld in late October.

Coinciding with start of production of the e-Sprinter in Dusseldorf – Mercedes-Benz Vans held the official commercial market launch of the eSprinter in six major German cities between the 9th and 17th of December 2019, marking its availability to customers.

Transport company, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein has ordered 17 MAN Lion’s City E buses – this is one of two tendered lots and is the first commercial order to be announced by MAN.

The Irizar e mobility plant in Aduna, a division of Spain’s Ormaizetagi-based Irizar Group, has delivered two 10.8m Irizar ie bus electric buses to the Portuguese city of Bragança making them the first Irizar ie bus models to enter Portugal and the seventh European country to be included in Irizar's electric bus network.

DAF Trucks customers have driven 150,000 fully electric kilometres since commencement of field trials of six DAF CF Electric tractors in daily operation for food and container transport just over one year ago.

Kenworth Truck Company of Kirkland and driveline component supplier, Dana Incorporated, announced their collaboration on electric powertrain development for medium-duty Kenworth battery electric vehicles at the CES event in Las Vegas early this month.