South Korea is one of the more progressive countries to try and adopt AI and autonomous driving technology om public transport.

With 1,682 electric buses on order, SP Trans says more orders are expected as some transport operating companies have not yet submitted their new purchase requests.

BAE Systems is the only powertrain supplier to have received both ‘Low’ and ‘No’ emissions awards under the USD1.17bn DoT FTA Low or No Emission (Low-No) Grant Program

The Higer Azure A12BR is already fully approved by SPTRANS, the transport authority in the city of São Paulo. Local production planned with start of production scheduled for 2023.

The 407,000-sq-ft facility, referred to as the ‘Plug Vista’ facility, reportedly features advanced automation, allowing for greatly increased scale and efficiency in the assembly of fuel cell systems for applications such as trucks.

Hyundai is the first manufacturer to series build HFC trucks with vehicles currently used for commercial operations in Germany, Switzerland and New Zealand.

The renewable energy firm sent Nikola-Iveco a Letter of Intent to acquire 100 'Tre' fuel-cell electric trucks in 2024 and 2025.

The 700-bar hydrogen mobile fueller, which was developed in-house, will go out and serve multiple customers of Nikola's fuel-cell electric trucks back-to-back.

30 ‘Electroliner’ buses have been ordered by Abellio which are funded through non-recourse financing from a consortium led by Rock Road Holdings Ltd of London and the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund.

Acquiring Intellic expands ZF’s current product and service offerings in the area of connected vehicle technologies - it envisages a single box (a ‘Connectivity Hub’) which will be able to reliably and accurately collect and relay data from multiple sources, including advanced driver assistance systems and electronic braking systems.

The minibuses have been adapted specially to comply with guidlines set out by the Secretary of State for the Rights of the Person with Disability (SPD).

ACEA is now lobbying for an interim review of the proposed Euro VII emissions standards and will publish a revised proposal to these regulations early this year.