Sales of light duty vehicles (7.5t & below) rose by 26.2% to register 3,535 units in Q3 (October to December) of FY 2021/22 from 2,801 units in Q3 of FY2020/21.

CESL has sent out tenders on behalf of five major cities for the purchase of 5,450 electric single deck buses and 130 electric double deck buses, as part of the Grand Challenge Scheme.

Faurecia of Nanterre, France has acquired a controlling interest (79.5%) in family-owned automotive electrical lighting specialist, Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA of Lippstadt, Germany.

The Chinese manufacturer will build an electric bus plant for assembling knocked-down buses in the Qatar Science & Technology Park.

A single unit of the 45-foot J4500 CHARGE range, launched in May 2021, was ordered by Universal Coach Line with the support of provincial grants and sales tax rebates.

Haskel International, a compression systems specialist based in Sunderland, UK, and subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand Inc of Davidson, North Carolina, USA, has received a multimillion-dollar investment from its parent company to significantly increase its production capacity of hydrogen refuelling stations. In an interview with Truck & Bus Builder, Nick Power, Hydrogen Business Development Manager at Haskel International, discussed the firm’s plans for the coming year alongside the global adoption of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

In his new role, Banach will be responsible for production technology, "lean management" and logistics.

The Czech company is pilot testing Škoda E’City buses ordered by Prague Public Transit Co in February 2021, using existing power lines in the capital city for charging via pantograph.

The contract, worth approximately EUR100m, was signed by Solaris and public transport operator Unibuss.

Unit sales increased to 271,600, while incoming orders increased by 66% to 360,000.

The Exqui.City trambuses will serve with public transport operator Nobina in bus rapid transit routes in the Swedish city.

Yutong produced 42,065 buses and sold 41,828, a solid performance bucking the general trend of contraction in the bus market both in China and abroad.