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.

Belgian passenger transport company, De Lijn, has ordered 200 hybrid Citeas from VDL Bus & Coach.

TE Connectivity, a specialist in connectivity and sensor technology, is introducing new M8/M12 cable assembly solutions for Fieldbus data communications, complementing its existing sensor/actuator cable assembly solutions for industrial networks.

Last month the Lion Electric Company delivered five all-electric school buses to Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento which were funded by the California Energy Commission as part of the School Bus Replacement Programme in the state.

Caetano Bus says it is focusing sales of its electric bus chassis predominantly to markets located outside Western Europe, according to Jörg Pinto CEO of the Salvador Caetano Group in an interview with T&BB at Busworld in late October.

Daimler Buses has announced it is restructuring its touring coach business in the USA and Canada.

Volvo Bus UK & Ireland has signalled its intention to introduce its 9700 fully built coach model to the UK market.

Transport company, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein has ordered 17 MAN Lion’s City E buses – this is one of two tendered lots and is the first commercial order to be announced by MAN.