School bus manufacturer, Blue Bird Corporation, is to begin production of its latest propane and gasoline Vision school buses integrating Ford’s all-new 7.3-litre V8 engine incorporating a purpose-built fuel system designed specifically for school-bus application.

Omniplus is offering retrofit of the safety device, Sideguard Assist, on its Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses.

Iveco Bus of Turin, Italy ( a brand of CNH Industrial) has delivered the first of three E-WAY fully electric 9.5m midi-buses via local dealer, Maresca & Fiorentino of Bologna to TPER (Passenger Transport Emilia Romagna).

Scania AB has issued its first green bond to raise capital to finance its transition to develop and manufacture zero emission vehicles.

CaetanoBus has won an order from Wiesbaden, Germany for ten H2.CityGold 12m hydrogen fuel cell buses for delivery in the last quarter of 2021.

Volvo Buses has appointed Anna Westerberg as its new president, effective from February 1, 2021.

Martin Daum, CEO of Daimler Trucks AG has been appointed as the new chair of the Commercial Vehicle Board of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.

The first New Generation Citea from VDL Bus & Coach BV has been ordered by the Koiviton Auto Group in Finland for operation in the 2021 ‘European Green Capital’ of the city of Lahti.

Daimler Buses is to supply five Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses equipped with solid state batteries to public transport provider, Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG) in the city of Bremen.

The Yutong Group of Zhengzhou in December 2020 made a strategic investment of USD200m in WeRide, an autonomous driving technology start-up company.

Sales of light-duty vehicles fell by 79.2% to 7,426 units in the first nine months of fiscal year 2020-21 from 35,644 units in same period of 2019-20.

Sales of buses fell by 91.2% in the first three quarter's period of fiscal year 2020-21 to register just 2,578 units, down from 29,206 units in the first nine months of FY2019-20.