New York Mayor, Eric Adams, announced USD 77 million in federal funding for the New York School Bus Incentive Program (NYSBIP), which provides subsidies to help NY school districts fund the acquisition of 180 new electric school buses.

Having announced its ‘E-Mobility kit’ in 2023 – a portfolio of advanced electric drives, auxiliary components and complete systems for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles – ZF says it plans to ramp up production from 2025 to meet demand.

The 1,000th ‘Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley’ electric vehicle was delivered as part of an order for 8 electric school buses, which were reportedly funded through the ‘Clean School Bus’ federal grant programme.

Of the two divisions (CVS and RVS), Knorr-Bremse said the Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS) Division profited from strong positive market developments resulting in an 11.5% increase in revenue to EUR 4,180.2 million (2022: EUR 3,750.0 million). Order intake was up 6.5% at EUR 4,212.2 million (2022: EUR 3,954.3 million).

Steven Miller replaces Brett Icahn as Icahn Capital Board Designee. Miller is a portfolio manager at Icahn Capital L.P. a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P. The board will continue to be composed of 10 directors, nine of whom are independent.

According to Motiv, the electric shuttle bus received an overall score of 89.1 out of 100, which it claims is the highest score ever achieved for a medium-duty electric bus tested in a 7 year / 200,000 miles or higher service-life category.

The 12.1 metre (40 foot) Mega Beast boasts an impressive 482 km (300 miles) range thanks to a 387 kWh battery pack, which the company claims is the most powerful battery pack in the U.S. electric school bus market.

Four Type A Nano Beast school buses have been delivered to Cabell County, Clay County, Kanawha County and Monongalia County school districts in West Virginia.

The Board of Directors has approved the decision to repurchase USD 60 million of its common stock over the next 24 months (two years). The transaction will be funded by the company’s cash reserves.

Delivery to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is expected to start in October 2024 and conclude by the end of 2025. The order includes 150 All-American and 30 Vision model buses, both have a range of 210 km (130 miles) on a single charge.

Clean Bus Solutions, a JV established by Blue Bird and finance house, Generate Capital, will allow school districts to pay a set fee per month as a way of procuring electric buses; making electric school buses more affordable and available to U.S. school districts. The service also includes charging solutions, maintenance and fleet planning services.

Sales of commercial vehicles over 2 tons gvw in Vietnam fell by over 20% to 12,898 units in the third quarter of 2023.