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.

2019 was a record year for bus and trolleybus builder, Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. with record sales revenues of PLN2.6bn (EUR572m) compared with PLN1.867bn (EUR410m) in 2018 and record unit sales of 1,487 (2018: 1,226).

While there have been tenders during the last few years for electric buses in Turkey, which have then later been cancelled due to the recession, the CNG market remains in better shape, according to Cenk Yavuz, territory manager, Turkey for on-highway business of Turkey Engine Power Systems Ltd of Izmir.

Bruno Blim, president, Renault Trucks SAS, in a televised press conference last month, outlined the market performance of Renault Trucks and gave insights into how the company was investing to meet the challenges of the future.

February 27, 2020, was the official date for compliance for fitment of fire suppression equipment in new coaches above 8t gvw in Turkey, according to local representative of advanced fire-safety technology specialist, Kidde Technologies Inc, at Busworld Turkey 2020 last month.

Western Star Trucks announced delivery of its 200,000th truck in the USA.

Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş., a producer of commercial and defence vehicles in Sakarya at Busworld Turkey last month announced a strong year for commercial vehicle sales and particularly its bus division.

Renault Trucks SAS invoiced 54,098 vehicles to maintain its market positions in 2019 in a commercial vehicle market consisting of a very dynamic first half (up 15%) and a less buoyant second half (down 18%), according to Bruno Blim, president of Renault Trucks in a televised interview last month.

Anadolu Isuzu Otomotiv Sanayi used last month’s edition of Busworld Turkey in Istanbul to announce its strategy to further increase its export business of its buses and coaches and trucks by expanding its presence to 60 countries over the next three years from 44 currently.

Volvo Trucks North America Inc is to introduce a new version of its Remote Programming services called Driver Display Activation.

Allison Transmission Inc has been selected as the standard transmission provider for the new Mack Trucks MD Series of medium-duty trucks.