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.

The company currently has more than 450 electric terminal tractors operating in trailer and container handling across the country, including more than 40 units in its growing rental fleet.

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.

Iveco Bus targets bus market in Brazil with dedicated electric bus chassis.

After 11 months of construction PMI has inaugurated its first ebus charging depot as part of its ten year 100-turnkey electric bus contract with Rajkot Municpal Corporation.

MT17.0LE Electric Single Deck Bus developed as part of a UK-government funded project to begin Buenos Aires in-service trials.

PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd is to supply 144 electric buses to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), based on a quoted bid of a fee rate per kilometre to supply and operate the buses over a number of years.

DAF UK has appointed new sales directors, including Nigel Beckett as UK Parts Sales & Marketing Director, and a new EV Sales and Services team.

New entrant to the Indian e-bus market in India Pinnacle Mobility Solutions gains certification from ARAI for its 9-metre EKA E9 electric bus.

Mobility services provider, Chartered Speed, contracted to co-ordinate development of electric transpport system in new town of GIFT City.

BYD's Indian partner, Olectra, wins major order in Telanga.