Scania AB has developed an autonomous self-driving driverless truck called AXL.

E-Mobility Group has formed a partnership with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, a global supplier of lithium ion batteries.

Metra Metropolitan Transport System (Metra), the operator of the ABD Corridor and its extension Diadema-Brooklin in São Paulo, in partnership with UBus, has launched a new ‘on-demand’ city bus service operating a new line between São Bernardo city and São Paulo on the São Bernardo - Berrini corridor (33km).

Battery and electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD North America Inc unveiled a new transit bus and a new coach at BusCon 2019, held last month

Scania Mexico has supplied 37 gas-powered buses to the Bus Rapid Transit system in Puebla– where they are to supplement the 27 Scania articulated diesel buses, supplied in 2015, operating on the 32km Red Urbana de Transporte Articulado system in the city of Puebla. 

Following its launch at the Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm (organised by UITP in June this year), the hydrogen-fuelled Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen immediately underwent trials by operators in Austria, Italy and Germany.

A new CO2 monitoring system for inside the bus has been developed by Potenza Technology Ltd. The system has been installed on a new protype all-electric low entry city bus developed as part of CELEB, a consortium of British companies and Agrale Argentina, which is due to go on trial in Q1 2020.

BYD Europe Ltd and Alexander Dennis Ltd jointly announced the companies’ electric vehicle partnership is to upgrade its BYD ADL Enviro200EV with ADL’s new electric bus heating system and optimised vehicle layouts. 

Volkswagen AG and Northvolt AB have created a 50/50 joint venture to build a factory for lithium-ion battery production.

Public transport company, Hamburger Hochbahn AG, plans to commence field-testing Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G articulated buses featuring fuel cell range extenders from 2021.

On show at the low carbon vehicle event held by Cenex at the Millbrook Research & Testing Ground in Millbrook last month, was a fully electric low entry Agrale chassis with Toda bus body.

Plus.ai, a provider of self-driving truck technology located in California's Silicon Valley, has received a ‘451 Firestarter’ Award from technology research and advisory firm 451 Research (now part of S&P Global Market Intelligence).