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.

The bus tyre, 58% of which is made out of sustainable materials, was displayed as an illustration of Michelin’s commitment to replacing its current tyres with 100% sustainable ones by 2050.

According to a new agreement between CaetanoBus and Industria Italiana (IIA), the companies are to work together to construct hydrogen buses in Italy. The hydrogen FC buses will be co-branded with Toyota (the fuel cell supplier) with start of production at IIA's factory in Bologna, Italy, scheduled for Q4/2024.

The 12-metre bus is fitted with a diesel engine which Keyou has converted to run on hydrogen and a “mild-hybrid” transmission with energy recuperation capabilities.

Equipmake has won a contract with First Bus to repower 12 Optare Versa electric buses with its Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED). The cost of repowering the e-buses is less than half the cost of a new one, Equipmake claims.

e-bus builder, Ebusco is 10 years old and on its anniversary (September 2022) it is claiming a full order book for its electric bus range with contracts recently announced for cities in Norway, Sweden and Australia.