Oliver Blume is appointed Chairman and CEO of the Group; the number of members on the board is reduced from twelve to nine.

The Articulated Bus Steering Control (ABSC) is a new steering control system from Hübner designed to enable new passenger transport solutions in the built environment to extend the length of an articulated bus to 36 metres and to offer a passenger capacity like that of a tram or light railway system.

The J4500, a tri-axle 45-foot coach with a passenger capacity of 60, was introduced in 2001 - MCI claims it has been the industry’s best-selling model in North America since 2004.

Phase 2 expansion of the facility will double the company’s production capacity for passenger car and light truck tyres in the U.S. to 11 million units a year, and Phase 3 will introduce a further 1 million Truck Bus and Radial tyres annually.

The Chinese manufacturer delivered 2 12.4m fuel-cell electric buses - powered by a 65kWh fuel cell propulsion system jointly developed by SinoHytec and Toyota - to Transit Systems of Brisbane.

Hofmann joins the bus manufacturer from the London Electric Vehicle Company, taking over from Buta Atwal.

The Northern Irish manufacturer received an order worth GBP81m from First Bus for 193 battery-electric buses, including single- and double-deckers.

Both German automotive corporations, which have both committed to ramping up production of electric vehicles before the end of the decade, are keen to establish secure and sustainable supply chains for their EV manufacturing operations.

Marcopolo has begun export sales of its top of the range and most popular coach, the Paradiso Generation 8 (G8) 1800 Double Deck model to Argentina.

The Bus Ontime took delivery of 10 Futuras, reflecting early signs of a recovery in the European coach market, according to VDL.

Alexander Dennis (ADL) has announced it is to offer its own in-house integrated battery electric city buses in single and double deck form from late 2023. The first ten new integral battery electric Enviro500EV double decks are to be delivered to KMB in Hong Kong.

VW latest school bus order for 2,300 vehicles, all with Marcopolo bodies, takes numbers sold under the Caminho da Escola program in the last 15 years to over 27,000.