First 1,500 of multi-state 5,450 bus tender, ordered by the city of Delhi.

The 'P7-B', built on REE Automotive's drive-by-wire modular electric platform at MIRA Technology Park, is targeted at the growing mid- and last-mile delivery market.

The 'EiV22', which is based on the same electric vehicle platform as the single-deck EiV 12 and e1 launched for the Indian and European markets respectively, will be India's very first battery-electric double-decker, according to Switch.

E-bus builder, PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd (PMI Electro) of Haryana, a Sino-Indian joint venture has added another electric bus order for 100 units with the Rajkot Municipal Corporation in Gujarat, India - this a full service order i.e. to supply, maintain and operate the 100 electric buses for 10 years.

Renault Trucks UK delivered an 18-tonne E-Tech D Wide fitted with a refrigerated body which was built by Solomon Commercials and which is cooled by a Carrier unit.

The MoU covers an initial period of three years, during which time Switch will supply transportation service provider Chalo with variants of the new ‘EiV12’, designed specifically for the Indian market.

TEVX Higer is the abbreviated name of a joint venture company between Chinese bus builder, Higer Bus and local Brazilian assembler, TEVX Motors Ltd to make electric city buses in Brazil.

In releasing product development news ahead of the IAA next month, Christian Brenneke, head of global R&D for the ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division outlined the direction and strategy of CVS.

The ‘Zero Emission Mobility Innovation Fund’ is targeted at manufacturers who are based in or operating in Scotland and are conducting research and development into or trialling new zero-emission technologies.

The manufacturer of electric terminal tractors has raised a total of USD35m in investments to support the company’s growth, following an institutional funding round led by venture capital firm S2G Ventures and private investment firm Henry Crown and Company.

The electrification specialist retrofitted an Isuzu FRR - complete with a truck-mounted attenuator - with an electric powertrain for Dempsey Wood, making it New Zealand's first fully-electric traffic safety vehicle.

Iveco Bus is already far ahead towards production of zero emission vehicles with its Rorthais plant in France fully dedicated to electrication of city buses.