Hino's shareholding is to be cut from 50% to 4.83% in GAC Hino Motors Company Ltd, with a 39.72% stake being transferred to Guangzhou Automobile Group.

LG Energy Solution Ltd is to supply 200,000 battery cell modules over a three-year period to Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT) for heavy-duty battery systems in commercial vehicles and other transportation vehicles.

They will join a fleet of 84 electric buses already delivered or on order from Wrightbus to Arriva London last year.

Another city in Brazil, this time a city with hot temperatures of up to 41 deg. C, Cuiabá of Mato Grosso State, has begun testing China’s Higer electric 12m low floor bus, the Azure A12BR e-bus.

Isuzu to invest THB32bn (USD900m) in its Thai operations over the next five years as it looks to step up its transition to zero-emission vehicles.

LaFontaine Automotive Group will set up and manage two dealerships for Bollinger Motors in the state of Michigan: one in Lansing and the other in Farmington Hills.

From 7 July this year, all newly registered vehicles in the European Union must comply with the second tranche of rules known as the ‘General Safety Regulation’ (“GSR II”). These regulations will require all new road vehicles to be installed with more advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) which employ some of the latest innovations being made at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence. These include systems for intelligent speed assistance; reversing detection with cameras and/or sensors; attention warnings in case of driver drowsiness or distraction; event data recorders; and emergency stop signals.

The 1000th vehicle was one out of 17 ‘E12’ battery electric buses which were ordered by Transdev for Heathrow Airport Terminal 5.

In a ruling dated 1 February 2024, the CJEU concurred with the 2022 ruling of the General Court and dismissed Scania’s appeal, meaning that the manufacturer has finally lost its case against the EUR880m fine first handed down in 2017.

With almost CNY1bn (USD138m) invested in the new “Super Plant”, which occupies an area of 72,000 sq m, it can assemble and paint up to 320,000 sets of drive axles per year.

ENC bus manufacturing at Riverside will wind down by the end of fiscal year 2024, once outstanding commitments to customers have been fulfilled.

While the city of Jakarta commits to being fully electric by 2030, the Indonesian and South Korean governments have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement to develop a public transportation network using battery-powered buses across cities in Indonesia.