Kontrolmatik has agreed to deliver 2 GWh of cells in 2026 and 5 GWh in 2027 to ONE, which will assemble them in battery modules and packs in Michigan.

Readers may recall that, two years ago, we published a feature on TCCI Manufacturing, explaining why the longstanding Midwest supplier of compressors had decided to invest in a new facility on its home turf in Decatur, Illinois. In that article, Richard and Kara Demirjian outlined their plan to open a 260,000-square-foot “Clean Energy Innovation Hub” comprised of three facilities: a plant dedicated to the production of compressors for electric vehicles; a whole-vehicle test centre; and an academy to train the next generation of EV technicians. The innovation hub was officially unveiled by the governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, at the end of April 2025, and so Truck & Bus Builder used the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo to get an update on TCCI’s newest investment.

The company recently opened a new 10,000-square-meter production facility in Lublin, Poland, as part of its efforts to expand across Europe. The plant is set up to manufacture several hundred hydrogen-powered buses each year.

MAN has added an extra 53,000 square metres, allowing the Salzgitter logistics centre to store more than 220,000 parts, including up to 12,000 e-mobility components.

The company’s proposal would bring an end to bus bodybuilding at the Larbert and Falkirk plants, putting up to 400 jobs at risk, or approximately 22% of the current workforce.

This product launch aligns with Daimler Buses’ wider strategic pivot toward electrification and digitalisation.

South Korean automaker agrees collaboration with local defense contractor.

This accreditation means the bus can operate “on a planned route without a driver in the cab,” significantly expanding Karsan’s autonomous e-bus operations beyond existing deployments in Italy,  Switzerland and Finland.

Sales of buses (7.5t gvw and above) were up by 10.5% in Q4 of the financial year 2024/25 (January to March) to register 22,049 units, up from 19,946 units in Q4 of FY 2023/24.

Spheros, the specialist in heating, air conditioning, and thermal management systems for buses, has been independent from its former parent Valeo for nearly a year now, and company CEO Mark Sondermann wants people to know it. “We are no longer constrained by the strategic priorities of a larger group,” he told Truck & Bus Builder. “There is now only one priority, and that’s Spheros.” Following the Valeo acquisition in 2016, Spheros adopted its parent’s name; the reclamation of its own name marks a definitive break with the recent past. And the change is a timely one: “We can now be more agile. We can take faster decisions. It gives us the room to act in this very exciting and very dynamic market.”

Sales of light-duty buses and coaches (7.5t & below) rose strongly in Q4 of FY2025/24 (January to March 2025) by 19.4% to register 18,310 units compared with 15,333 units in Q4 of FY2023/24.

While the bulk of the money will be spent on improving rail and tram links within and between urban zones, a substantial part has been earmarked for establishing new bus connections and adding more buses to existing routes.