The money has been awarded as part of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, providing support for the purchase of low and zero-emission buses and associated infrastructure.

The California Fuel Cell Partnership has requested that the Californian government provide support for its ambitious plan to put 70,000 hydrogen trucks and 200 hydrogen stations on the road by 2035.

The Department of Energy is funding research into batteries, autonomous vehicles, lightweight materials, and emissions reduction.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a draft notification under the AIS113 safety standard to include safety requirements for Road-Trains, bringing them more closely in line with EU regulations.

Solaris has confirmed MZK in Konin will become the first public transport operator in Poland to add a hydrogen bus to its fleet.

Leyland Trucks of Leyland, the UK manufacturing hub for DAF Trucks, is taking part in a UK government initiative designed to help UK operators make the transition to battery electric trucks.

Shell has started production of green hydrogen using what it claims is Europe’s largest aPolymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland in Wesseling, near Cologne, Germany.

The number of buses operating in Brazil in 2020 fell by 0.5% to 388,900 units in circulation as compared with 391,000 units in 2019, according to the National Union of the Automotive Vehicle Component Industry (Sindipeças) with the average age of buses in Brazil having lengthened to ten years and nine months, two months more than in the previous year, ie 10 years and seven months.

Forsee Power Services is a new division from Forsee Power that offers a range of services to facilitate the energy transition of communities, transport operators and bus manufacturers.

BYD and Alexander Dennis have announced the 18, BYD ADL Enviro200EV 11m electric buses operating in New Zealand have now completed over one million kilometres in operation, reducing CO2 emissions by more than 1,000 tonnes.

The European Council has adopted the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility 2.0 programme, worth EUR33.71bn, which is now administered by CINEA to fund the development of high-performing, sustainable infrastructure in transport, digital and energy.

Cummins Inc, through its UK subsidiary, Cummins Turbo Technologies Ltd, is to lead a consortium focused on decarbonising heavy-duty powertrains in a UK-government and industry funded project, called TRIDENT.