At Busworld Europe last month, VDL Bus & Coach NV   introduced the next generation Citea LLE Diesel, with improvements aimed at achieving the lowest possible CO2 footprint with Euro VI diesel engines and further reducing the Total Cost of Ownership.

Following news in the last issue of Truck & Bus Builder (October 2019) announcing the collapse of the Wrights Group of Ballymena, Bamford Bus Company Ltd, a newly formed subsidiary company of AB&C Manufacturing Ltd (2006) set up and owned by Joseph Bamford, on October 22, 2019 announced it had acquired Wrightbus.

Van Hool NV, the independent bus and coach manufacturer introduced three world premieres at Busworld last month.

Turkish bus and coach builder, Temsa SA, is planning to expand its geographical sales presence in the USA.

Mellor Coachcraft launched a new vehicle specifically designed for the Demand Responsive Transport market at Busworld Europe in Brussels last month.

The latest generation of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter now features an optional 'High Load' rear axle, which allows greater carrying capacity.

The current flagship coach from Volvo Buses, the 9900 model achieved the Grand Award Coach at Busworld last month, having been voted best coach in all categories.

Door specialist, Masats SA, used Busworld last month to provide customers with a private presentation of a completely new design of door system for electric coaches called Swyncro; an acronym for swinging and synchronised.

Michelin Plc presented its X-Incity Energy Z at Busworld Europe last month - the first tyre in 275/70R22.5 format with a steer axle load of eight tons which, it claims, will allow future generations of electric buses to increase their capacities.

Open Tour Paris, an RATP Group subsidiary that provides hop-on hop-off sightseeing buses in Paris, has entered the field of NGVs with six open top UNVI double deck buses.

A UK consortium led by autonomous systems provider, Fusion Processing Ltd, together with British bus builder, Alexander Dennis Ltd, one of the UK’s largest passenger transportation operators,  Stagecoach Plc, and three others, are to begin public trials of five autonomous diesel buses in Scotland starting in 2020.

Indcar has seen a strong growth in sales for its minibus and midi-bus products during 2019 – largely from the urban bus segment.