These tests were designed to see how the vehicle copes in extreme temperatures and to try out the newly developed thermal management system. The engineers were also interested to monitor how the fuel cell system operates at extreme altitudes.

Chief Financial Officer Craig Webster cited unfavourable market conditions, “including interest rates doubling in the last year”, as the motivating factor behind the decision.

Testing has been on-going since the start of the year with plans for a commercial launch later this year - the brand already has a commercial electric truck, called the eDelivery.

The O 500 RSD 2448 478hp 6x2 and O 500 RS 1945 448hp 4x2 chassis conform to Euro V emissions standard, which is the prevailing standard or better in most Latin America countries outside of Brazil.

This is a result of Rotala winning contracts for franchised bus services under Transport for Greater Manchester’s new Bee Network, which is set to launch in September this year.

The bus fleet consists of 20 Wrightbus GB Kite Hydrolider hydrogen fuel cell electric buses which are to be operated in the Crawley, Horley and Gatwick Airport areas of Great Britain.

VWCO builds more than 50 Volksbus model types for a broad range of applications designed for bus, coach and school operations.

The order is made up of 169 BYD–Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV double-deckers and 130 BYD–Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV single-deck buses.

HSA, ESC, ATC and ABS active safety technologies are now standard on the new Volksbus chassis range.

This follows on from the new partnership agreement announced in December between VW Argentina and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda (VWCO).

on the 12th of July, EvoBus will officially be rebranded as Daimler Buses alongside all other affiliated European national subsidiaries in order for EvoBus to benefit from the Daimler brand. All EvoBus service centres will be renamed Daimler Buses Service Centres starting mid-July.

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