The two J4500 CHARGE coaches were handed over to an unnamed operator in the California Bay Area, where they will be used by commuters working in the tech industry.

The tender is worth almost EUR60m and will see Solaris delivering 100 12-metre Trollinos at the end of 2024.

The ‘D4020 ISTV’ (Inmate Security Transportation Vehicle) is the successor to the ‘D4000 ISTV’ and is based on the newest generation platform for the D series of commuter coaches.

76 Lion's City E buses - solo and articulated - will be delivered to Oslo at the end of 2023.

35 battery-electric buses - part of a contract worth EUR19m - will be delivered to the city of Riga by the end of 2023.

As part of the contract, Tata Motors will supply, operate and maintain Tata Starbus electric buses for a period of 12 years.

The manufacturer has signed a five-year contract stipulating a firm order for 28 compressed natural gas buses and 13 ‘Charge NG’ battery-electric buses, both from the ‘Xcelsior’ range of 40-foot transit buses.

48 single deck buses, based on Volvo's BZL Electric chassis platform, and 39 double deck buses by Wrightbus will enter service in Greater London and southern Hertfordshire next year.

Simply called ‘Van Hool T’, the new range, which offers improvements in aerodynamics, design, comfort, and safety, will replace the current ‘T9’ and ‘TX’ series of touring coaches for the European market.

The order has been placed by Ashok Leyland’s UAE distribution partner, Swaidan Trading - Al Naboodah Group, with most of the buses being supplied to two operators, Emirates Transport and the STS Group.

Under the Volvo and Eicher brands, VECV has introduced three new coaches / intercity buses in India, two of which replicate Euroepan design.

November 1-3, 2022 saw Britain's Covid-delayed premier bus and coach show reveal many new products from manufacturers in Continental Europe and the UK.