MAN Truck & Bus SE is making EcoLife 2 automatic gearboxes from ZF Friedrichshafen AG a standard feature with its city and intercity buses.

BYD France has delivered its first BYD electric coach to Drancy, a district within the greater Paris region.

VDL Bus & Coach BV is to present its new generation of electric Citeas at the Busworld exhibition in Brussels next October.

Electric bus builder and depot charger system supplier, Ebusco, is working with Rocsys Bv, a supplier of plug-in robots, to automate bus charging in depots through robotisation.

October 2020 saw MAN Truck & Bus AG start series production of its 12m solo version of its Lion’s City E bus at its dedicated city bus plant at MAN Bus Sp. z o. o. in Starachowice, Poland.

Voith GmbH and e-truck manufacturer, Orten Electric-Trucks, have entered a strategic partnership to retrofit single deck, double deck and articulated buses, plus light or medium-duty trucks with electric drivelines.

Solaris Bus & Coach has launched a new 15m battery-electric Urbino city bus, the Urbino 15 LE electric, which is aimed at both urban and intercity operation.

Mirko Sgodda (46), former Head of Compliance Trucks & Buses, became Head of Marketing, Sales and Customer Services at Daimler Buses on October 1, 2020.

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.