Alexander Dennis Ltd has signed a framework agreement with the Republic of Ireland’s National Transport Authority for the delivery of up to 600 Enviro400ER double deck hybrid buses, capable of running in zero emission mode for at least 2.5 kilometres.

Belgian passenger transport company, De Lijn, has ordered 200 hybrid Citeas from VDL Bus & Coach.

The Freight in the City 2019 exhibition saw the first public showing of a Scania L-series hybrid truck.

At the end of 2020, ZF Friedrichshafen AG says it will begin production of PowerLine, the company’s new 8-speed fully automatic transmission for medium-duty commercial vehicles in order to supply a contract with an unnamed major North American OEM for launching in early 2021.

Eletra Industrial Ltda of São Bernardo do Campo, the leading Brazilian manufacturer of electric buses, in September launched a new version of the DualBus, a 15m series hybrid electric city bus with electric drive and combustion engine, where the engine is used as a generator to charge the batteries.