The USD 18.5 million contract is funded by the EPA grant under the Clean School Bus Program. The order is for a mixture of Mega and Nano Beasts set to be delivered starting in 2025.

Ashok Leyland is an agreement to supply chassis to Flixbus, which are then bodied with Prakesh bodies.

The company showcased a new “inward gliding” or ‘IG’ door and a “slim line” door concept.

With Rohm’s technology, Valeo aims to develop a new generation of power modules for electric motor inverters which will go into electric vehicles in multiple segments, from e-bikes to e-trucks.

For 2024, the company’s order book stands at 130 units – that is, compared to the 30 units per year which Temsa used to sell in the British market around ten years ago.

At Euro Bus Expo 2024, T&BB spoke with a new name in the turnkey electrification sector: VEV Services Ltd of London, incorporated two years ago and starting business at the beginning of last year.

This order follows a competitive e-bidding process conducted through the Government tendering system.

As far as its coach products are concerned, it is “business as usual” for Belgian manufacturer Van Hool, according to Darren Dowsett, who spoke to T&BB in his capacity as managing director of VDL Bus & Coach UK at the Euro Bus Expo.

Klingenberg will assume his new position on 1 January 2025 and will be tasked with executing the transition to a group R&D organisation at Traton.

Developed with the technical input of Ford, TBC says the new minibus is the result of a “significant six-figure investment”.

The company is investing EUR 600 million to transform the facility into a hub for manufacturing electric and hydrogen-powered buses, including the Heuliez GX Elec, Iveco E-Way and the new E-Way-H2 hydrogen model.

The budget is aimed at incentivizing around 28.81 lakh electric vehicles over the next two years!