The company has invested GBP 750,000 in a new Curtain ‘Livery’ Printer which has greatly improved efficiency and offers vastly increased throughput.

The order is for two low-entry models from the Citea range of battery-electric city buses - 60 units of the LE-122 and 133 units of the LE-135 - which will serve in Zaanstreek-Waterland.

Optimal EV is now offering a retrofit service to operators with diesle vehicles based on the Ford E-450 cutaway chassis; the work will be carried out at one of Fontaine Modification's post-production truck modification centres.

ADL announced that the annual amount spent online on parts has increased by 228% since 2019 due to predictive ordering, 24/7 accessibility and free next-day delivery, indicating a growing niche sector for the company.

30 ‘Electroliner’ buses have been ordered by Abellio which are funded through non-recourse financing from a consortium led by Rock Road Holdings Ltd of London and the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund.

Gillig's 40 ft electric bus received the highest-ever score for a battery electric bus tested at Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Iveco looks to push low carbon and clean drivelines in the truck and bus markets of Latin America. Iveco has now supplied the first 17 units out of a total of 20 of the Hi-Way NG 6X2 600S46T tractor unit – gas powered trucks with biomethane is seen by many in Brazil as being a sustainable transportation solution in the country.

Acquiring Intellic expands ZF’s current product and service offerings in the area of connected vehicle technologies - it envisages a single box (a ‘Connectivity Hub’) which will be able to reliably and accurately collect and relay data from multiple sources, including advanced driver assistance systems and electronic braking systems.

The purpose of the new structure is to centralize operations and improve processes for approximately 350 customers served in the country.

Already producing heavy and medium duty trucks, XCMG is now offering product for the large light-duty sector.

For a relatively small market of 17,729 commercial vehicles sold in 2022, there are a large number of brands selling into the market place.

ANFAVEA reports that one of the best performances achieved by the Brazilian automobile industry was in exports of truck and bus chassis.