Giorgio Zino is set to lead commercial operations in Europe, Danilo Fetzner in Latin America, Gauthier Ricord in Africa and the Middle East and Marco Franza in the Asia Pacific. Stéphane Espinasse has been appointed to lead Sales and Market Development of global operations.

Domestic sales of buses and coaches (7.5t gvw and above) increased by 47.7% in the second quarter (July to September, Q2) of the financial year 2023-24 to register 11,321 units, up from 7,665 units in the same period of FY 2022-23.

Vicinity made its presence known to the APTA visitors by displaying the Vicinity Lightning featuring Exro’s ‘two speed’ inverter and announced two new Level 4 AD trial projects.

Irizar Southern Africa appointed Danie Human as the new General Manager, effective immediately.

Patrick Farbrace will succeed Gareth Lumsdaine as the new Truck Business Line Director of Iveco UK, effective immediately.

According to the terms of the asset purchase agreement between the two companies, Phoenix Motor will acquire the ‘Proterra Transit’ business assets for a sum of USD10m.

This investment is aimed at enhancing its operational efficiency, preparing the facility to accommodate new components such as those for electric vehicles, and increasing physical capacity of the operation by some 50%.

This is the largest zero-emission bus fleet in Western Europe, with more than one in nine buses now zero emission. Since 2021, all new buses joining the TfL fleet have been zero-emission.

Seating 75 passengers, these double-deckers are built on a BYD chassis and driveline.

The bus rolled off the production line in Czech Republic at Iveco’s Vysoke Myto plant, one of Europe’s largest bus manufacturing facilities.

ADL launched its next-generation electric Enviro400EV double-decker and Enviro100EV single-decker electric buses. Series production has begun in Lambert, Scotland, with the first deliveries set for Q1 2024.

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.