At the AutoCar Expo, held in Lyon between 12 and 15 October, Safra launched its ‘H2-Pack’ fuel cell retrofit kit for coaches and released details of the first orders for its new ‘Hycity’ fuel-cell electric bus range. 

The aim of this network is to share data regarding EV batteries in line with new European regulation disclosing battery CO2 emissions and the resource recycling rate throughout battery lifecycles to comply with the necessary legislation, so that Japanese manufacturers can sell EVs and HEVs into European markets.

With Proconve P8/Euro 6 diesel engine emissions standards coming into force on January 1,2023 for all vehicles, Volvo Bus Latin America upgrades coach chassis.

Gaussin UK will be based in Wickford, Essex, targeting the UK logistics, retail and transport markets, as well as license sales to local partners.

A modular approach from Microvast allows different and new battery cell chemistries to be installed into different battery packs to meet variations in operator applications and need.

The initiative will use 7.5-megawatt bus batteries taken from forty-three electric VDL buses in operation in Eindhoven since 2016 and repurpose them for stationary applications.

Cummins's new 20,000 square metre manufacturing plant in Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain is to build PEM electrolysers for production of green hydrogen.

At the recent New Mobility Exhibition in Milan, the companies announced that IVECO Bus customers will have the option to integrate Via’s on-board demand transport transit tech software in early 2023.

The new electric lowliner tractor unit is built on a Volvo FH based chassis and fitted with a 500 kilowatt (680 hp) electric motor, single speed transmission and a battery capacity with 380 kilowatt hours giving the vehicle a range of 280km.

Iveco Bus officially unveiled a biomethane compatible 18m long Urbanway Hybrid compressed natural gas (CNG) bus at Autocar - with other models lengths also announced with this new drivetrain combination.

The German retrofitter has set up a U.S.-based subsidiary – to be led by Richard Haas – and it has announced an order for up to 500 fuel-cell electric trucks from TMP Logistics Group.

VDL displayed its new generation Citea electric bus at Innotrans – claiming it is lighter, offers a longer range and comes with increased passenger capacity, series production starts in Eindhoven at the year end.