Automecanica is a branch of an 80-year-old manufacturing company in Romania. its manufacturing routes trace back to the 1940s in designing and manufacturing machinery, truck superstructures, low-bed semitrailers and containers.

The new MAN VOK-08-F bus front axle will go into production in mid-2024 for installation in New Flyer of America’s range of Xcelsior transit bus models.

The aim of the consortium's project is to automate a 40-foot bus for automated depot operations, which is expected to revolutionize how buses are stored, operated, and charged.

Epsilon announced that it expects to break ground at a new 1.5 million-square-foot facility in 2024 with manufacturing beginning in 2026. Once at full capacity in 2031, the factory is to produce 50,000 tons of graphite anode per year.

Designed for delivery applications, the truck is built on the Freightliner M2 106 Plus medium-duty truck platform and comes with two battery and driveline options.

Lightning ZEV4 Type A School Bus, Clean Bus certification and funding, and Lightning Mobile fast charging trailer, are just some of the products and developments the e-Mobility specialist has brought to market this year.

On its stand, Altas Auto premiered a new-sized 7.5 metre 37 passenger capacity electric midibus, designed for narrow city streets difficult for conventional sized buses to maneuverer.

Vehicle deployment is to take place on the 120 acre campus in mid-2024.

A new cover for bus air-conditioning (A/C) systems made using natural fibre composite technology was unveiled at Busworld last month: the ampliTex technical fabric was supplied by Swiss company, Bcomp.

The telematics software, Lightning Insights, is powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and allows operators to manage commercial fleets in real-time, tracking up to 156 separate data points. This data has been generated in eight years monitoring 600 + vehicles over eight million kilometres.

The NIONE additive contains nanoparticles of niobium pentoxide, which act to improve paint protection performance, increase corrosion resistance and protection against chemical attack.

Users of Thermo King's 'TracKing' will be able to access electronic braking system, odometer, axle-load, and tyre pressure data alongside information pulled from the transport refrigeration unit.