The BRA14m (USD2.8m) deal, which was first announced last November, was finalised in February this year.

Bus and coach builder, Irizar Group, has signed a collaboration agreement with Scania Deutschland GmbH to offer its Irizar-Scania range of coaches to the German market.

Renault Trucks SAS announced it would, in March, start series production of its D and D Wide ZE medium-duty electric trucks at its Blainville-sur-Orne plant.

Karsan Otomotiv Sanayii ve Tic. A.Ş. has appointed Quantron AG as its dealer for Germany to expand its sales and service network in Europe’s largest bus market with a market size of 7,000 units a year.

With more than 100 Bluebird Corporation buses now in operation with Cummins’ electric drivetrain in the USA and 65 buses on order with its transit bus builder partner, Gillig Corporation, and a number of key prospect electrification contracts in both the truck and bus segments on the horizon, the Cummins Electrified Power Business is expecting to ramp up its electrical drive systems over the coming months.

Karsan Otomotiv Sanayii ve Tic A.Ş. used Busworld Turkey 2020 to announce major sales success of its two electric bus models, the Jest Electric and Atak Electric, which were displayed on the company’s show stand, while a Jest Electric was available for a ride and drive on the ground of the fair.

Renault Trucks UK has selected EO Charging, a UK-based electric vehicle charger manufacturer, as its charging partner in its first retail and small and medium-sized e-mobility campaign.

The first e-mobility contract in Italy for VDL Bus & Coach has resulted in four Citea SLF-120 electric buses being delivered to Milan's Malpensa Airport for operation between the car parks, terminals 1 and 2, and Cargo City.

Scania (Great Britain) Ltd through its main dealer in Maidstone, has supplied the first Scania hybrid truck in the UK to a removals firm, Matthew James Global Relocations.

Eastern Europe is significant in terms of the bus industry because of the number of buses on the roads, said Anna Ozdelen, Principal Consultant at Consul People, speaking at Busworld Turkey last month.

Fuel cell developer and electrochemical technology company, Ceres Power Holdings plc, reported strong half year results to December 31, 2019 with revenues and other income up 33.6% to GBP11m, reflecting strong progress on major contracts with Doosan, Bosch, Weichai and Miura Co.

Automotive production in Turkey has been declining in 2018 and 2019, but compared with other automotive segments, the bus and coach segment has proven to be more resilient.