This debut marks the first product from Maxion Structural Components' global partnership with French battery supplier, Forsee Power, announced in April last year.

The company added Canadian bus manufacturer Letenda to its client list. Forsee announced that its Zen Plus battery systems will be integrated into Letenda’s 9-metre Electrip zero-emission buses in Q4 2024. According to Forsee, use of NMC lithium-ion cells allows the battery pack to offer up to 5,000 charging cycles, increasing its TCO.

From January to May 2024, a total of 4,665 commercial vehicles were sold in Argentina. This figure represents a 22.9% decrease compared with the 6,052 units sold in the corresponding period of 2023.

Almost one year on from pilot production, May 2024 saw VWCO in collaboration with Volkswagen Argentina start series production of four truck models and a bus chassis in Argentina.

Having purchased the full “e-package solution,” Daimler installed 41 charging stations (output of 360 kW) with a total number of 122 charging points at the depot. The result, up to four buses per charging station can be charged overnight at 90 kW. The supply agreement also includes maintenance and charging management software.

This validation operation is to start in the city of Curitiba, the city of Volvo’s Latin America headquarters and where the chassis is being manufactured.

Already in production since late 2023 for delivery to São Paulo, the eO500U is designed, developed and built at the company’s facilities in ABC Paulista, São Caetano do Sul.

Wrightbus says that, in as little as three weeks, NewPower will take a mid-life diesel bus and convert it to zero emissions (battery or fuel cell).

Among the most requested modifications in 2023 were to the light VW Delivery 4x4 truck model, and the Volksbus bus chassis.

John Dunn, formerly of Proterra and now working for Phoenix, said that Proterra Transit continued to build buses during the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a “large number” of customer contracts were carried over following the acquisition.

The zero-emissions “Erga EV” was first unveiled at the Japan Mobility Show last October.

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.