Irizar eMobility of Aduna is to supply a total of 68 ie tram units to the city of Zaragoza.

Hübner GmbH & Co KG (Hübner Group) of Kassel Germany has acquired Dutch electro-hydraulic chassis steering specialist, V.S.E. Vehicle Systems Engineering B.V. of Veenendaal, Netherlands, for an undisclosed sum from Weber-Hydraulik Group, which has owned VSE since 2014.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH), based in New Delhi, has mandated oxygen carrying tankers (oxygen transporting tankers which are used for emergency services especially for supporting COVID affected patients) with and without National permits1 capable of carrying oxygen, install Vehicle Location Tracking (VLT) devices compliant with AIS 140 standards.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) had issued draft notification amendments to mandate installation of fire detection and alarm systems in all new school and intercity buses throughout the vehicle, which now includes the passenger compartment in addition to the engine compartment.

Hino Motors Ltd of Hino-shi from mid-2022 plans to release onto the Japanese market, the Hino Dutro Z EV – the company’s first full-scale electric vehicle which is designed for ‘last mile deliveries.’

The Neftekamsk Auto Plant based in Neftekamsk has added a liquefied natural gas-powered version to its NefAZ-5299 low floor big city bus range.

The Kama Auto Plant (KamAZ) of Naberezhnye Chelny, has expanded its city bus portfolio to include a low-floor articulated city bus, KAMAZ-6299, in its own name.

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has awarded Oshkosh Defense - a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation of Oshkosh, Wisconsin - an indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to produce the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV).

Ford Motor Company do Brasil Ltda has announced plans to assemble its Transit light commercial vehicle range in neighbouring Uruguay, starting next year.

Three models of the new generation Aumark S range were launched, the Citytruck 6.5-15, Citytruck model 9-16 and Citytruck 11-16.

“At Navistar we are power agnostic, we offer diesel (Cummins), gasoline (PSI), gas (PSI) and in the near future, electric powered vehicles,” stated Gary Horvat,  Navistar, Vice President eMobility.

Kohei Umeno, business development at CaetanoBus at UITP 2019 in Stockholm, last month announced it is planning to launch its second-generation electric bus chassis at Busworld 2019 in Brussels in October.