These are highly specialist vehicles, which are to be 'converted' and equipped by Ecuadorian body builder, Iturri SA.

The eO500U chassis has been developed entirely by Mercedes-Benz do Brasil in Campinas, Brazil, where Daimler Truck's World Competence Center is located for the development of bus chassis.

The Lithuanian group presented a 12-metre battery electric bus (seating up to 34) with a distinctive aesthetic and material design.

The ‘eC24s’, which has a maximum range of 280 kilometres, measures 7 metres in length by 2.55 metres in width and carries up to 41 passengers.

Customers will now have the choice of seven or eight packs, increasing the vehicle’s energy capacity by 33% and extending the range by 46 miles.

The truck model delivered was the Volkswagen 6x2e-Delivery electric truck at 14 tons gvw.

The 12-metre bus, dubbed ‘Lion’s Explorer E’, was supplied to Golden Arrow Bus Services for pilot testing in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Volterra ZSL will be North America’s first electric waste collection truck with an integrated cab-chassis and body designed from the ground up, according to parent company Oshkosh.

Hariphil Asia Resources Inc (HARI), the Manila-based distributor of Hyundai commercial vehicles, launched the light-duty public bus after it was issued with a Certificate of Compliance (COC) in July by the Department of Transportation.

KTB of launches Fuso's latest eCanter truck model in Indonesia.

Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong - all are RHD markets i.e. drive on the left - are the first markets to receive Scania's battery electric trucks.

Signirficantly all these vehicles are fully accessible with automatic wheelchair lift and are equipped with modern passenger conveniences such as USB charger and Wi-Fi.