“Iveco has doubled its market share in the UK over the last five years,” Cutts opens. “Last year, we finished just shy of 5%. That was a tactical decision to grow our vehicle park and volume, re-establishing ourselves as a serious player.”

The first trucks are scheduled to roll off the production line at the former MAN plant in Austria by the end of the year.

While BYD did not disclose a definitive timeline for series production or announce any major fleet contracts, the company confirmed that the B13.b will be built at its European bus manufacturing facility in Komárom, Hungary, with production expected to commence later this year.

The first units have been delivered to Italian transport company, LC3 Trasporti, as part of a 30 vehicle order. This is part of Daimler’s strategy to promote and sell its flagship battery electric HGV.

The battery-powered heavy-duty trucks are used in opencast coal mining in Yimin.

PEI announced that it has worked with Spanish bus manufacturer Castrosua to develop an articulated version of the ‘Nelec’ electric bus range which is mounted on a chassis supplied by China’s BYD.

Over 150 delivery vehicles to be deployed in Tokyo from September.

Through the acquisition of GreenMot, REV Mobilities has taken ownership of retrofit kit solutions approved by the French government for Iveco ‘Crossway’ Euro 6 and ‘Crossway Low Entry’ Euro 5 buses.

Partnership aims to accelerate introduction of fast-charging heavy trucks.

In 2026, new Scania electric trucks will be equipped with the new “megawatt charging system” standard, which is specified for a maximum current of 3,000 amperes.

Buses to be produced at its new plant in Vietnam.

Providing 356 kilowatt hours of energy storage, these battery packs carry nickel-manganese-cobalt cells which are packaged at MAN’s facility in Nuremberg.