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.

The two companies - who have already produced school buses on the Ford Class 4 chassis platform - will now start working with the GM 4500 as well; a cutaway van chassis best known as the basis for the ‘Silverado’ pickup truck range by Chevrolet.

Over the coming weeks, eight new Enviro200EV single deck buses will be added to Sky's fleet for carrying staff and visitors to and from its campuses in Scotland and in London.

Horizon Plus buys land in Bangkok, Thailand to build e-buses.

The Dutch manufacturer has announced that its Citea range has collectively travelled over 200 million kilometres since the first iteration was introduced in 2013.

LG Energy Solution Ltd (LGES) Seoul, South Korea, has announced it is to supply traction (EV) batteries to Isuzu Motors Ltd of Shinagawa, Japan in a multi-year deal worth an estimated KRW1trn (USD765m).

German CV electrification conversion start-up, Clean Logistics SE in Hamburg has agreed terms to buy Dutch heavy-duty multi-axle truck conversion specialist and modifier, GINAF Trucks Netherlands B.V. from the management team at GINAF.