North America’s largest bus and coach builder, New Flyer of America Inc - a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc - has announced it will deploy North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus as part of a demonstration of automated driving technology led by the Connecticut Department of Transportation with funding from the Federal Transit Administration under the IMI initiative.

Bus and coach builder, Alexander Dennis Ltd (a subsidiary of the NFI Group Inc) says circumstances have forced it to restructure its activities, predominantly because of the significant decline in UK demand for its products.

A new Japanese-owned, Swiss-based company, called Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd has launched Grid-eMotion Fleet.

India Bus Seminar 2020, an annual event organised and run by International Association of Public Transport (UITP), supported by the Association of State Road Transport Undertakings, is to take place on-line between August 24 and August 27, 2020.

Fast-charging battery power systems supplier, Microvast Inc, which has its main manufacturing hub in Huzhou has announced it has been appointed supply partner of India’s fully-integral bus builder, the JMB Group for electric buses.

Super Trim Plus and Premier Trim Plus are the names of new lightweight non-woven fabrics for use by bus and coach manufacturers for roof linings, wall sides, seat backs and luggage compartments from international transportation fabrics specialist, Camira Transport Fabric Ltd.

EvoBus Schweiz AG has moved to brand new premises in Winterthur, which bundles its entire know-how all together into one location.

Following the formation of Marcopolo Next, a new division of bus and coach body builder, Marcopolo SA, set up at the start of the year to work start-up companies to develop new technologies, the company says its focus has been on developing biosafety solutions to make public transport safer from viral contamination.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA is to supply the first electric school bus in Poland.

VDL Bus & Coach is supplying 65 mini/midi buses to Cyprus Public Transport, comprising 15 VDL MidCitys for operation in the historic capital Nicosia and 50 VDL MidEuros for use in rural areas – all are based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinter chassis.

Daimler Buses, a division of Daimler Trucks AG, as part of its previously announced strategic goal of expanding sales in South East Asia, has appointed local automobile manufacturer and dealer, Truong Hai Auto Corporation as its general distributor for Daimler Buses in Vietnam.

The City of Tulsa and IC Bus have announced a new 20-year lease agreement to keep the Navistar-owned IC Bus school bus manufacturing facility at Tulsa International Airport.