Reduced volumes in the truck and powertrain sectors, reduce 2024 revenues but lower operating costs deliver improved margins.

Daimler announced decreased sales in 2024, with 460,409 trucks and buses sold compared with 526,053 in 2023, a 12% decrease. This is a rocky start for recently appointed CEO Karin Rådström, who succeeded Martin Daum late last year.

The Enviro500EVs for the MTR Corporation are complete Alexander Dennis vehicles (chassis and body) manufactured by a contract manufacturing partner in Zhuhai.

The company received a general operating permit or ‘ABE’ certificate from the German authorities for its ‘Solar Bus Kit’, a retrofit solution which runs heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning off of solar panels fitted on the roof of the bus.

Forsee is set to supply Turkey’s OEM Bozankaya 12 and 18-metre trolleybus models with its ZEN PLUS and PULSE 15 battery systems.

Research expected to open up new markets for KGM.

The new production unit is being built for the manufacture of Accelo and Atego trucks, and Mercedes-Benz’s OH and OF bus chassis.

Produced in Spain, the BYD-Castrosua 12-metre eBuses have been built on the BYD electric chassis with Castrasua 'Nelec' electric bus bodywork.

Mercedes-Benz Trucks y Buses Ltda is investing in warehousing and manufacturing in Argentina.

The contract stipulates a firm order for 75 ‘Xcelsior’ hybrid electric buses (40 feet in length) and 25 ‘Xcelsior Charge NG’ battery electric buses (35 feet in length).

The Karsan Level 4 autonomous e-ATAK is set to start carrying passengers in Gothenburg between the Central Station and Liseberg Station in August 2025.

The new generation eO500U chassis is fitted with new NMC3 batteries, the same used in Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses in Europe.