Utrecht-based electric bus builder, Tribus BV, demonstrated two electric vehicles at VDV Elektro Buses Conference in Berlin this month.

India’s key supplier of exhaust systems, Sharada Motors Industries Ltd and Euro VI exhaust and emission control systems supplier for commercial vehicles, Eberspächer Exhaust Technology International GmbH, which have a 50:50 joint venture called Eberspaecher Sharda Exhaust Technology Pvt Ltd have opened a manufacturing plant in Pune.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has won a tender to deliver this year three articulated electric buses to Bonn, making it Solaris’s first order from local operator, SWB.

The first 57-seat Scania Interlink coach to be built for the UK has been delivered.

The Irizar Group is to supply 200 i3LE low-entry body on chassis buses to the city of Casablanca.

The 8th edition of Busworld Turkey, organised by Busworld International and Turkish partner, HKF Trade Fairs, will be held for three days, from 5 to 7 March 2020 in the Istanbul Expo Centre.

The Irizar Group unveiled its first ever autonomous bus in Malaga last month.

The second largest public transport operator in Germany, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH has taken delivery of 16 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses.

Thomas Built Buses is to supply the first 50 of its ‘Jouley’ electric school buses to the state of Virginia.

Electric power conversion specialist, Equipmake Ltd has opened a factory in Snetterton where it plans to design and manufacture fully-integrated electric bus chassis for an increasingly international customer base.

Energy management specialist, ABB, has opened a battery energy storage manufacturing plant in Baden designed for storing electrical energy for charging electric trucks, electric buses and trolleybuses as well as electric and hybrid locomotives.

Last year Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus announced plans to allocate BRA110m million (USD27m) to make the necessary adjustments at its Resende (RJ) plant to tailor its production lines to begin assembling electric trucks as soon as 2020.