The facility is fully digitally controlled and is equipped with advanced storage systems, including gravity spiral and vertical reciprocating conveyors.

Griffith takes over from Executive Chairman Matt O’Leary, who held the CEO role on an interim basis.

The Mellor and Treka sales teams, which were previously separate from one another, will be combined under the joint leadership of three newly elected sales personnel.

Registrations increased by 118.8% to 851, reflecting the continued recovery of the sector since the lifting of pandemic restrictions, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

The company says it is introducing “a suite of comprehensive ownership solutions” for its entire line of battery electric vehicles.

Domestic sales of buses and coach (7.5t gvw and above) increased by 39.6% in Q4 of the financial year 2023 (ending March 31, 2024) to register 20,048 units.

After the 2022 edition of ‘Busworld Southeast Asia’, I argued that the divergent priorities of the Indonesian government and the country’s longstanding bus and coach manufacturers were on full display at the show. At this year’s show, held between 15-17 May at the Jakarta International Expo, the domestic manufacturers doubled the number of electric models on show – that is to say, they displayed a total of two electric buses instead of one. The impression I got two years ago of divergent, even opposing, ideas about the future of the market in Indonesia was confirmed by the latest show, which was much larger in scale and well attended following the final removal of all pandemic-era restrictions.

Sales of light-duty vehicles (7.5t & below) grew by 9.5% to register 15,370 units in Q4 of FY 2023 (ending March 31, 2024).

The Hübner Group, which unveiled its ‘hydropneumatic’ suspension and damping system, which works without the use of compressed air at Busworld 2023, is seeking OE partners to build the first vehicle prototype. Any manufacturer interested should get in touch.

The market demand fell by 2.8% in the fourth fiscal year quarter of 2023/24

Set to enter service in London later this year, the 90-passenger capacity BYD BD11 vehicle is powered by two 150kW electric motors, offering up to 600Nm torque. Debuting a new generation double-decker chassis, the bus has a 532-kWh blade battery pack, providing up to 350 km of range on a single charge.

ADL has won a contract to deliver 29 of its next-generation Enviro500EV electric double-deck buses, to Canadian transport operator BC Transit* in British Columbia, Canada. The vehicles will be built in North America, through build partner Big Rig Manufacturing.