Technology partnership manufacturer, Pinnacle Industries Ltd, has partnered with Phylion Battery Company Ltd to establish a lithium-ion battery assembly facility in Maharashtra.

Electric power conversion specialist, Equipmake Ltd has opened a factory in Snetterton where it plans to design and manufacture fully-integrated electric bus chassis for an increasingly international customer base.

Colorado-based Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission drivetrains, has raised USD41m in equity, debt and working capital funding from existing and new investors.

Bus assembly, repair and service group, Terus Maju Services Sdn Bhd has launched the TMS bus chassis on the local market, which is in fact supplied by Chinese bus manufacturer, Zhongtong Bus Holding Company of Liaocheng, Shandong Province.

Automotive electrification company, Equipmake Ltd, revealed its latest version of an innovative electric bus platform – a new low floor chassis designed to make zero emission double deck buses more cost-effective and efficient at Busworld Europe, last month.

Small and medium-duty bus builder, Volare SA, a subsidiary of Marcopolo S.A., is planning to intensify export sales to countries in Africa.

The capital and largest city of Peru, Lima, in June received 300 buses with Caio Induscar Apache VIP bus bodies and Mercedes-Benz OF-1721 high-floor chassis for the Pan American Games, which are taking place there between July 26 and August 11.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda has introduced two new light-duty models of its Delivery truck range in Paraguay.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus Ltda has started exporting its new Delivery trucks range to Costa Rica: Six, nine and 11 ton models (6.160, 9.170 and 11.180), have already been delivered to its official dealer / importer representative,  Eurobus SA in San Jose.

Brazilian vehicle manufacturing concern, Agrale SA of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, has delivered its first gas-powered bus, model MT 17.0 LE, to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

Hino Motors Ltd in June announced it had entered the Mongolian market with the opening of an authorized sales and service centre in the country’s capital city of Ulan Bator.

Hino Motors in July acquired all outstanding shares in its Argentinean distributor, Hino Motors Sales Argentina SA. The Buenos Aires-based company was subsequently renamed Hino Sales Argentina and became a consolidated subsidiary of the Japanese truck-making group.