The companies agreed to test Nikola’s Class 8 battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks at Allison’s 60,000-square-foot vehicle electrification and environmental test centre in Indianapolis, USA.

The move is a cost-cutting measure which will allow Proterra to concentrate its manufacturing activities at its two sites in South Carolina.

These right-hand drive chassis will be bodied by GML and delivered to customers in Malaysia for trial in Q1 2023.

100 electric trucks - which enter production in the first half of 2024 - will be added to DB Schenker’s fleet by 2026, according to the agreement between the two companies.

The order is for two low-entry models from the Citea range of battery-electric city buses - 60 units of the LE-122 and 133 units of the LE-135 - which will serve in Zaanstreek-Waterland.

Optimal EV is now offering a retrofit service to operators with diesle vehicles based on the Ford E-450 cutaway chassis; the work will be carried out at one of Fontaine Modification's post-production truck modification centres.

Lion Electric is to offer a lithium-ion battery pack, produced at its Mirabel facility in Quebec, with final certification of the product set to take place in Q1 2023 before going into series production.

Gillig's 40 ft electric bus received the highest-ever score for a battery electric bus tested at Altoona, Pennsylvania.

30 ‘Electroliner’ buses have been ordered by Abellio which are funded through non-recourse financing from a consortium led by Rock Road Holdings Ltd of London and the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund.

Iveco launches complete electric bus in Uraguay.

Electric-powered medium and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer, GreenPower Motor Company Inc, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has appointed Peterson Trucks Inc as its official school bus dealer in the state of Oregon, with plans to expand throughout the USA.

The Ebusco 3.0 18-metre articulated city bus is designed for urban and regional transport operations and has a capacity for 150 passengers. It is powered with a choice of cobalt-free LFP 350+ and 500+ kWh battery packs, offering a range of up to  700 km.