Stadtwerke Aschaffenberg Verkehrs has acquired 12 buses in total, ten of which are ‘Urbino 12 hydrogen’ models, while the remaining two are ‘Urbino 18 hydrogen’ articulated buses.

UGAP provides public buyers with its procurement expertise and offers a wide range of products and services.

The German retrofit firm reported an annual turnover of approximately EUR13m, a 25% year-on-year increase.

The intention is to define a single European-wide approach to assessing the environmental impacts of zero-emission vehicles and batteries - making it possible to directly compare different products and determine which are more environmentally friendly.

The company ended 2022 with a record order book of 1,474 buses compared with 325 in 2021.

Marcopolo remains a traditional bus and coach body builder - this is the first time it has developed its own chassis and bus body together.

The order for 97 7900 S-Charge hybrid electric buses was secured through a public tender as part of a wider framework agreement between the two companies.

VWCO works closely with sister organisation MAN to expand export sales.

It is no secret that big changes are afoot in the CV industry, and the challenges faced by manufacturers, old and new, are enormous. Martin Wawra, Head of the Mobility Division at Voith Turbo, spoke to T&BB about how the company is maintaining its “right to play” in the industry by addressing decarbonisation, digitisation, and problems such as rising costs and volatile supply chains.

The CV corporation saw net sales of SEK473.5bn in 2022 from SEK372.2bn in 2021. CEO and President, Martin Lundstedt, stated that Volvo ended 2022 in a good financial position with an adjusted operating margin of 10.7%.

All segments performed well with city bus sales up by 80.1% at 9,675 units against 5,373 units in 2021.

Morgan replaces Mark Clissett, who was appointed to the role in 2021 and left the company at the end of January of this year.