Electric vehicle start up, Arrival Ltd has announced its first electric vehicle ‘Microfactory’ is to be built in the USA.

Proterra Inc has launched its new battery-electric transit bus, the Proterra ZX5.

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona is to acquire eight hydrogen fuel cell 12m H2 City Gold buses from Portuguese manufacturer, Caetano Bus.

Alexander Dennis Ltd, part of NFI Group Inc, has delivered the first two Enviro500 tri-axle double deck buses from a potential initial batch of 198, which could further escalate to a requirement for 430 units under a framework agreement which was signed in October 2018 with Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe.

VDL Bus & Coach NV (a VDL Groep subsidiary) has supplied Finnish operator, Koiviston Auto Group with 31 Citea Electric LLE-115 buses which will be deployed in Lahti and Kuopio.

Zero-emission coaches produced by Canada’s NFI Group US subsidiary, Motor Coach Industries Inc are now approved for the maximum California HVIP purchase incentive of USD150,000 for each of its battery-electric coaches sold in the State of California.

SBRS GmbH of Dinslaken, provider of turnkey electric vehicle charging infrastructure, has published a case study which highlights the need for efficient cooling alongside electric bus charging facilities.

Daimler Buses has gained its largest ever bus order from Israel following a successful tender bid for a total of 415 city and inter-city buses.

GAZ Group of Nizhny Novgorod – a JSC Russian Machines subsidiary - has developed a prototype city bus (LiAZ-529267-72-30) running on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

In spite of the corona-virus pandemic, new light commercial vehicles (N1 category - gross vehicle weights of up to 3.5t - including buses of the M2 category up to 5t gvw) fell by just 12.8% in January to June this year to 40,082 units compared with 45,964 units in the same period of last year, according to figures from Avtostat Info.

According to statistics collated by LLC Avtostat Info, Russia registered 6,263 new buses (>5t gvw) in the first half of 2020, which was 1.2% up on 6,187 units in 1H/2019.

The all-new Mercedes-Benz Intouro, a high-floor coach aimed at interurban, day excursion and regional bus services is the first bus to be optionally equipped with Active Brake Assist 5.