Eight operators will benefit from the success of a bid made by charging-as-a-service firm Zenobē, including major fleets such as Stagecoach and McGill’s Buses.

The orders came from Stagecoach Group and FirstGroup which has placed the largest single order (169 units) for Yutong electric buses in the UK to date.

ZF says its update management service will “fix bugs, patch security vulnerabilities as well as add new features while maintaining compliance” with the UN ECE R156 regulation.

Approximately 360,000 square feet of the existing plant, which measures 1.42m square feet, will be given over to the ‘Accelera’ zero emission brand.

Domestic sales demonstrated significant growth as well, increasing by 52.8%, while production increased by 24.3%.

The light bus and coach market in India, categorized by vehicles of 7.5t gvw & below, exhibited a mixed performance in April to June 2024-25 (Q1 2024/25) compared with the same period of the previous financial year.

The 1,826-unit figure recorded for Q2 2024 massively outperformed the same period of the year before, when SMMT reported Britain’s best Q2 registrations since 2019 (1,129).

Total sales of heavy commercial vehicles (including trucks, buses and minibuses, in Peru during the first half of 2024 reached 8,807 units, up 7.1% compared with 8,220 units in the same period in 2023.

Morelissen is in charge of the company’s commercial strategy at a time when the company has been struggling with cash flow. He will report directly to founder and co-CEO Peter Bijvelds.

Dr Weir will lead the company’s expansion into Europe and North America, according to Zenobē.

he company has appointed three new senior executives, including Zoeb Karampurwala as Chief Product Officer, Murali Raju as Chief Commercial Officer and Vijaykumar Yelne as President of EKA Mobility, replacing Anil Baliga. All three will report directly to Founder & Chairman, Dr Sudhir Mehta.

As head of Commercial Operations, Kayser is tasked with leading the sales and marketing areas of the business.