Sales in Q3 totalled 13,627 units compared with 10,828 units.

Wrightbus’ ‘Streetdeck Hydroliner Gen 2.0’ was developed over four years as part of a project which was 50% funded by a grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre.

The contract stipulates a firm order for 75 ‘Xcelsior’ hybrid electric buses (40 feet in length) and 25 ‘Xcelsior Charge NG’ battery electric buses (35 feet in length).

The contract stipulates a firm order for eighty 45-foot ‘D45 CRT’ commuter coaches, with additional unspecified options.

Škoda says the value of the contract, including comprehensive service and maintenance up to 400,000 kilometres, exceeds EUR50m.

Solaris has agreed to supply up to sixteen buses to the King County Metro Transit Department, the public transit authority which serves King County and the city of Seattle in the state of Washington.

The coaches will serve on Houston’s park-and-ride service routes, connecting the suburbs with the downtown area.

According to the terms of the contract, MAN will supply New Flyer with “several thousand” ‘V0K-08’ front axles and ‘HY-1350’ rear axles which, together with accompanying spare parts, are worth more than USD200m.

The vehicle in question is an articulated ‘Urbino 18’ battery electric bus, one of fifty ordered in 2023 by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, the state-owned company which manages public transportation in the German capital.

The order includes 150 high-end electric luxury intercity coaches and 50 e-buses.

Ashok Leyland is an agreement to supply chassis to Flixbus, which are then bodied with Prakesh bodies.

For 2024, the company’s order book stands at 130 units – that is, compared to the 30 units per year which Temsa used to sell in the British market around ten years ago.