Perrone will retrofit a 'Zeus 400' electric shuttle bus supplied by Phoenix Motorcars with its 'TONY' autonomous driving kit, which will provide it with Level 4 autonomy.

Krone’s Ice-Protect system prevents ice slabs from forming on the tarpaulin roofs of commercial vehicles, increasing road and driver safety.

Compatible with vehicles utilising an electronic brake system, RADC 1.0. monitors an area of up to 3 by 10 metres.

Enedym will retrofit Toyota’s North American and Japanese ‘tuggers’ used at its various manufacturing and parts facilities, with Enedym’s 45kW magnet-free electric motors, converting diesel fuel tuggers to battery or hydrogen power.

Stellantis and Qinomic have agreed to create a proof of concept for converting used vans with internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.

Sono Motors has agreed to supply a customised version of the ‘Solar Bus Kit’ to pepper motion, who will integrate it with a Mercedes Citaro C1 bus which has been retrofitted with pepper motion’s e-powertrain.

The contract is to equip more than 500 buses operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH) with the retrofittable ProFleet Assist+ Gen 2 turning assistant, with an option to upgrade another 100 buses.

The retrofitting process replaces the Wrightbus’ hybrid drivetrain with a Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED), which includes Equipmake’s own HTM 3500 electric motor, producing 3,500Nm torque at 1,000rpm and delivering 400kW maximum power.

The Executive Order concerning the conversion of vehicles to "alternative fuel retrofit systems" means that ZEVx can begin retrofitting Sprinter vans with its 'Athena' e-powertrain kit.

BorgWarner is using its in-house expertise to develop the hydrogen internal combustion engine for installation in on-highway commercial vehicles. Truck & Bus Builder follows up the ‘H2ICE’ demonstrator model, debuted at Cenex in the UK with an interview with Luc Beduneau, Engineering Director of the BorgWarner Centre for Innovation & Engineering Excellence (CIEE) in Blois, France, to gain more insight into the project and the hydrogen internal combustion engine.

At the AutoCar Expo, held in Lyon between 12 and 15 October, Safra launched its ‘H2-Pack’ fuel cell retrofit kit for coaches and released details of the first orders for its new ‘Hycity’ fuel-cell electric bus range. 

Equipmake has won a contract with First Bus to repower 12 Optare Versa electric buses with its Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED). The cost of repowering the e-buses is less than half the cost of a new one, Equipmake claims.