The VMC 1200, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 12,000 lbs (over 5 tonnes), is fitted with a 120-kW motor and lithium-ion batteries providing up to 150 kWh of energy and a range of up to 180 miles.

Space at the assembly plant has been expanded from 8,000-square-metres to 15,000-square-metres, now allowing for eight trucks to be assembled every day.

Equipmake has won a contract with First Bus to repower 12 Optare Versa electric buses with its Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED). The cost of repowering the e-buses is less than half the cost of a new one, Equipmake claims.

Available in 2024, Anadolu Isuzu plans entry into a new market segment with the introduction of the Big·e last mile electric delivery truck. Unveiled at the IAA, the company claims it has a range of 150 km and a load capacity of 1000 kg.

MAN displayed a battery electric truck for long haul operations offering a range of between 600 and 800km for market introduction in 2024.

e-bus builder, Ebusco is 10 years old and on its anniversary (September 2022) it is claiming a full order book for its electric bus range with contracts recently announced for cities in Norway, Sweden and Australia.

The D45 CRT CHARGE is a battery-electric version of the high-floor D45 Commuter Rapid Transit series of coaches, providing a range of over 225 miles.

After three years of planning, Dutch e-bus builder, Ebusco, has launched a right-hand drive version of its Ebusco 2.2 electric bus model in Australia.

The projected deal would see Quantron bringing ETO Motors' electric three-wheelers to the European market; in turn, Quantron will make ETO Motors the sole distributor for all its vehicles in the Indian subcontinent.

At the IAA Transportation 2022, BYD launched two new electric trucks, the BYD ETM6, a 7.5 tons gvw truck for the urban delivery truck market and the BYD ETH8 (19 tons) for general distribution,  waste collection and recycling - marking its entry into the European e-truck market.

Irizar will deliver its two commercial battery-electric refuse (N3 category*) trucks to the Donostia - San Sebastian City Council.

GreenPower has entered into an agreement with Roth Capital Partners to raise capital through the sale of shares - the capital raised will be invested in new product development, increasing production capacity and sales.