At ACT Expo in May, T&BB spoke to Dr Selda Gunsel – President of Shell Global Solutions and VP Fuels and Lubricants and Technology – who likened the 'Starship 3.0' to "a scientific paper on wheels", bringing together the best fuel-saving technologies available today.

Since October, some 100 LNG FPT-powered trucks have been sold.

The new facility is to supply a full range of lubricants to a broad number of industrial segments including the on-highway road transport sector.

These buses are equipped with an Allison Torqmatic fully automatic transmission and a Cummins engine aimed at improving fuel efficiency, reducing emissions and lowering engine noise levels. This contributes to the significant growth in Allison’s export bus sales from China.

'FleetCare' will provide access to service specialists and training, mobile support, and provision of genuine OEM replacement parts for Hexagon Agility's natural gas fuel products.

Allison automatic transmissions - the gearbox of choice in the city buses of Bogotá.

Scania is offering a range of commercial vehicles powered by gas engines that can run on natural gas and biomethane in Brazil as well as in Colombia.

In 2022, the Canadian manufacturer of gas engines made USD305.7m, a 2% fall compared to revenues (USD312.4m) reported in 2021.

The powertrain manufacturer is investing in its Power Generation facility in Minnesota and its Jamestown Engine Plant in the state of New York.

“Overall, Hyliion remains on schedule to start Hypertruck ERX system production in late 2023,” was one of the main statements in the executive summary for the financial year ending December 2022 at alternative drivetrain supplier startup, Hyliion Holdings Corp of Cedar Park Texas.

CME’s figures indicate that after seven straight years of growth of city buses powered with alternative drivelines, deliveries in 2022 within the EU27+4 countries fell marginally in volume terms to 9,543 units, down from 9,813 in 2021.

The 300 electric buses and 500 CNG buses will be delivered in batches over the course of this year to the capital city of Tashkent.