Vehicle builders,  Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (Foton),  Toyota Motor Company, and fuel cell developer, Beijing SinoHytec Co Ltd have announced an agreement for all three parties to jointly develop fuel cell buses.

Gangway systems specialist for the bus and rail industries, Hübner GmbH & Co KG, is building a new factory for the manufacture of elastic polymer material products in Dunlap.

At ACT Expo 2019, traditional automatic transmission maker, Allison Transmission Inc and British bus and coach manufacturer, Alexander Dennis Ltd, announced they were working together to develop new efficient and powerful electric buses.

BYD Company Ltd at its headquarters in Shenzhen, has announced its development of the K12A , a 27m fully-electric bi-articulated low floor city bus offering a passenger capacity of 250 people.

Volgabus has delivered ten Volgabus CR12E electric buses to the city of St. Petersburg.

Dana Incorporated of Maumee, Ohio, USA is applying its fuel cell expertise to designing and manufacturing composite and metallic bipolar plates for use in fuel systems in public transportation systems, such as electric bus (eBus) and Hydrail* applications.

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd will present a range of vehicles at the Commercial Vehicle Show ranging from the 3.5 tonne TGE 'flat frame' Chassis Cowl and 5.0 tonne TGE UK-built 17 seat Minibus, to the 6x2 TGX XLion Flagship tractor – all receiving their UK premiere showing.

Munich-based braking system manufacturer, Knorr-Bremse AG is to collaborate with a major, as yet un-named, Chinese electric bus builder to supply customised EBS systems.

Japanese lifestyle retailer, MUJI and Finnish autonomous driving company, Sensible 4, have launched GACHA, which they claim is the first autonomous driving bus (minibus pod) for all weather conditions.

Electric bus manufacturer, Proterra Inc, has completed an evaluation programme at the Altoona Bus Research & Testing facility with its 35ft Catalyst E2, fitted with 440kWh of on-board energy storage; the most energy on board a 35-foot bus tested at Altoona.

Irizar E-Mobility, the dedicated electric transportation division of the Irizar Group, has signed a contract for ten Irizar ie bus 12m electric buses with operator, Rheinbahn.

The Peruvian market for heavy commercial vehicles from 6 ton and above closed 2018 with the sales of 17,392 vehicles, an increase of 4% compared with 16,613 units in 2017, according to the Automotive Association of Peru.