Coinciding with start of production of the e-Sprinter in Dusseldorf – Mercedes-Benz Vans held the official commercial market launch of the eSprinter in six major German cities between the 9th and 17th of December 2019, marking its availability to customers.

Transport company, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein has ordered 17 MAN Lion’s City E buses – this is one of two tendered lots and is the first commercial order to be announced by MAN.

The Irizar e mobility plant in Aduna, a division of Spain’s Ormaizetagi-based Irizar Group, has delivered two 10.8m Irizar ie bus electric buses to the Portuguese city of Bragança making them the first Irizar ie bus models to enter Portugal and the seventh European country to be included in Irizar's electric bus network.

DAF Trucks customers have driven 150,000 fully electric kilometres since commencement of field trials of six DAF CF Electric tractors in daily operation for food and container transport just over one year ago.

Heliox BV, the principal supplier of electric charging equipment in a truck electrification research project since 2017, has issued a joint statement with its partners saying that the consortium has made huge strides forward in its charging infrastructure and battery charging density.

Kenworth Truck Company of Kirkland and driveline component supplier, Dana Incorporated, announced their collaboration on electric powertrain development for medium-duty Kenworth battery electric vehicles at the CES event in Las Vegas early this month.

Scania AB has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Transport of the Ivory Coast and SOTRA, the transportation company for the city of  Abidjan, to deliver 450 buses.

BYD North America Inc of Los Angeles says its dedicated electric bus plant in Lancaster which operates under the name of BYD Coach & Bus Factory, has produced its 400th electric bus; this was its 60-foot articulated K11M model built for the Los Angeles World Airports, which forms part of a 20 unit bus order.

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd has opened a new state-of-the-art dealership in Gateshead just two miles from the A1(M) north/south motorway for providing support for the complete range of MAN vehicles, ie trucks, vans, buses and coaches.

At Busworld in October, automotive HVAC supplier, Webasto Group, premiered its scalable Thermal Management System for electric vehicles.

The Mercedes-Benz Vans Dusseldorf plant started series production of the full electric Sprinter on December 12.

Six Volvo Bus 7900e electric buses have entered service at Birmingham International Airport, which is claimed by Nick Barton, CEO of Birmingham Airport as the first UK airport to implement six fully electric landside buses.