The Blue Bird-Girardin joint venture has acquired Ecotuned, which manufactures an electric powertrain for light- and medium-duty applications.

Joint venture Levo's turnkey e-mobility solution, including electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and energy management services, will be offered through the Blue Bird distribution network.

The government will provide GBP23m to incentivise uptake of hydrogen technologies as it predicts that demand for hydrogen in the heavy commercial vehicle sector could total 6TWh by 2030.

Alexander Denk, Vice President of Product Management, E-Mobility at Voith, speaks to Truck & Bus Builder about electric drive systems for heavy-duty battery-electric and fuel cell-electric vehicles.

The financial service, covering the Wrightbus range of electric vehicles, will provide leasing packages including charging infrastructure and maintenance as part of a turnkey e-mobility solution.

The money will be awarded to fund the purhcase of fully- and hybrid-electric vehicles and the installation of requisite charging/fuelling infrastructure.

Robotic Research's AutoDrive technology helps prevent collisions, enables precision docking, and provides connectivity between multiple buses.

Traton brands achieved 3% growth in unit sales, including a 70% rise in truck sales, in the first half of 2021.

The North American school bus operator has ordered 260 LionC buses which are set to be delivered through to the first half of 2023.

The Ebusco 3.0, which is approximately 33% lighter than the previous Ebusco model, enters production and will be delivered from April 2022.

The system, developed jointly by Lion Electric and Geotab, collects data which can be used to optimise all aspects of electric fleet operations.

Production at the new 90,000 sq ft manufacturing facility is set to begin in the second half of 2022.