Irizar announced that UK transport operator the Go-Ahead Group has ordered 28 ie tram electric buses, which will operate as part of Kent’s “Fastrack service” on its BRT line in November of this year.

DFDS has already purchased 125 electric trucks from Volvo and is now running the largest fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe.

Karsan is entering the Dutch market for the first time after signing an agreement to export two level 4 autonomous e-Atak electric buses in Q4 2024, to Rotterdam-based public transport operator RET (Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram).

Relaunch of the business is now underway with a team of around 150 employees who are focusing on bringing the 16-tonne and 18-tonne battery electric truck models back to the European market.

CaetanoBus to supply 10 H2.City Gold electric hydrogen-powered buses to Austrian public transport operator Wiener Linien.

ADL launched its next-generation electric Enviro400EV double-decker in late 2023. Stagecoach ordered 55 units, with full delivery over the course of 2024. The buses will operate in Oxford's low-emission Smart Zone.

The Cavan brand was established by a joint venture called Beijing Cavan New Energy Vehicle Company Ltd (Cavan Auto), formed in 2023 with a registered capital of CNY500m (USD290m), in which Foton owns a 65% stake, Bosch Venture Capital 10% and the remainder is split between the other financial institutions.

The 1,000th ‘Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley’ electric vehicle was delivered as part of an order for 8 electric school buses, which were reportedly funded through the ‘Clean School Bus’ federal grant programme.

The manufacturer is now offering a 6x4 tandem bogie axle configuration, meaning that customers can have an electric truck fitted with a tipper body or construction equipment such as hook lifts or concrete mixers.

JBM makes fully integral vehicles at its 20,000 capacity plant in Haryana.

The company says its engineering team has focussed on making the ELON 3X ultra-light weight and modular in design. It is based on, what Blackbuck calls, the ‘ELON skateboard platform’, which is seen as a way to offer other length models, like ELON 2X (10.5m) and ELON 4X (14.5m) in the coming years.

Tata Motors has delivered a further 100 StarBus EV buses to Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), as part of a contract for 921 units of Tata Motors’ Urban 12m electric buses. (Deliveries to date account for approximately 40% of the contract, Tata Motors states).