Truck and bus builder, Minsk Auto Plant based in the capital of Belarus has unveiled its first prototype of an electric bus, MAZ-303E10 featuring ZF’s central drive motor, CeTrax.

The first 40 foot Gillig battery electric buses have begun to be delivered to transit operators in the United States.

As part of its e-mobility roadmap, MAN Truck & Bus, has begun sales of its 18 metre electric city bus, the MAN Lion’s City 18 E.

Ebusco NV - a Dutch pioneer in zero emission electric vehicle technology and smart mobility solutions - has announced it is launching a regional partnership with Australian Bus Corporation to deliver and maintain next generation electric buses into Australia and New Zealand.

Masats SA has been chosen as the door supplier by the e-mobility division of Alstom, for its all-electric all-wheel steer APTIS city bus.

Starting in the third quarter of 2020, ZF’s CeTrax electric central drive for public transport will go into volume production.

Ebusco NV says it is to deliver 13, 12m low-floor Ebusco 2.2 electric buses to Transdev Rhein-Main GmbH  in December 2020 to replace current diesel buses.

A new wireless charging station is being installed by Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in Clearwater, which, PSTA claims, will be the first on the US East Coast.

In Q1/20, the Russian bus market (GVW>5t) registered 3,448 new buses, which was 29.9% more than 2,655 vehicles in the same period of 2019, according to LLC Avtostat Info.

Private investor energy producer companies are leading the way towards reducing carbon emissions and in clean energy transformation, said Becky Knox of the Edison Electric Institute (EEIs) at the Busworld Academy, held in Omaha, Nebraska, USA in association with ABA Marketplace (January 2020).

“25,000 people die on roads in the EU every year,” stated Mathew Baldwin – EU Commissioner in a pre-recorded video presentation on transport safety at the Busworld Academy, held in Omaha, Nebraska, USA in association with ABA Marketplace, “a number, which we accept but which is patently unacceptable."

At ABA Marketplace and Busworld North America conference held in Omaha, Nebraska, USA in January 2020, Jan Deman, President Busworld Academy, said:  “As Busworld, we stand at a crossroads, where bus manufacturers, operators, authorities and knowledge institutions meet, and from this point we notice that never before in our industry so many initiatives have been taken to exchange ideas and insights as today.