Damera, traditionally a bus and truck parts and services company has been the Canadian distributor of coaches built and supplied by fellow Turkish company, Temsa, since 2017.

The autonomous bus by Alexander Dennis will utilise an upgraded version of Fusion’s CAVStar autonomous driving software as it takes passengers along the 14-mile route across the Forth Road Bridge from the Ferrytoll Park & Ride in Fife to the Edinburgh Park Transport Interchange in Edinburgh.

According to the terms of the MoU, the two companies have promised to work together on electrification projects and research into improving electric vehicle safety and efficiency.

The new innovation centre will allow engineers to carry out virtual engineering, design, processing, prototyping, product testing, and vehicle testing with products for EVs under one roof.

Scheduled to go into operation in July 2023, the plant will be able to recycle up to 15,000 metric tons of battery materials a year and is currently undergoing a series of diagnostic tests using old batteries from different manufacturers to develop and refine the operational mechanism to discharge, dismember, recycle and shred the remaining battery material.

The Kässbohrer-bodied truck, with a combination weight reaching up to 42 tons when fully laden with eight cars, is powered by a 230-kWh battery.

The MCV-bodied Volvo buses, comprising 150 double deck and 20 single deck, will be delivered to Stagecoach in the summer of 2024, serving in the town of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

The electric truck travelled a distance of over 3,000km in order to test and display its endurance under a raft of various climactic conditions to drive up interest before the vehicle goes into series production in September 2023.

The company said that the first customer orders will be fulfilled from Q3 2023 onwards. 

DB Schenker has ordered 100 new battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros Long Haul trucks from Daimler Truck AG, which are set to be delivered by Q4 2024.  

Customers will consult them on the best e-powertrain layout for their needs, considering factors such as: maximising use of the available space; optimising weight distribution and the vehicle’s total weight; optimising vehicle payload and power, based on the customer’s use case.

BAE Systems will fit its new Gen3 electric power and propulsion system into three ElDorado Axess EVO-FC zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) buses to operate in Rochester, New York.