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).

e-troFit GmbH is to present its electrification solution for diesel buses at the Busworld Europe.

The new production unit is located within an existing MANN+HUMMEL plant and near its main customer. The plant is to be digitally connected with lean manufacturing principals focused on reducing waste.

Brazilian vehicle manufacturing concern, Agrale SA of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, has delivered its first gas-powered bus, model MT 17.0 LE, to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

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.

H2.City Gold is the name of the new hydrogen powered Caetano electric bus, with a range of 400km built by CaetanoBus in Portugal and featuring the Toyota fuel cell system

Joko Widodo, president of Indonesia has announced he plans to increase crude palm oil content in diesel used by vehicles in the country to 30% at the beginning of next year, up from the current 20%.