Perrone Robotics and GreenPower will collaborate in the development of a new 'AV Star' minibus which will be ADA-compliant.

Hyvia has announced two new hydrogen LCVs based on the Renault Master chassis.

UK bus operator First Bus will retrofit 220 vehicles with new transmissions from Allison Transmission Inc following trials that resulted in 8.5% fuel consumption gains.

CV maker,  Tata Motors Ltd of Mumbai, on  October 28, 2021 at its Mumbai  facility unveiled no fewer than 21 new models across all segments including seven new trucks in the medium and heavy duty segments, five new LCV and ICV (4-18 tonne GVW) trucks, four new SCV trucks and five new buses.

Sales of buses and coaches (7.5t gvw and above) in India increased by 227.8% in the first half of the fiscal year 2021-22 to register 2,816 units compared 859 units in first half of FY 2020-21. Total exports also increased, by 83.3%, in the first half of FY 2021-22 to record 2,159 units, up from 1,178 units in the first half of FY 2020-21. Total bus production increased too in the half year of FY 2020-21 to 4,655, a gain of 131.0%.

Tata Motors Ltd,  a commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Mumbai, says it has delivered two 9-metre 34-seater AC electric buses (Tata Urban 9m Electric1) together with a DC fast charger (the charging station is supplied by Tata Motors but it is manufactured by Tata Power) to specialist engineering firm, Endress+Hauser Flowtec India Pvt Ltd of Aurangabad, who are to use them for staff transportation applications.

Olectra Greentech Ltd (formerly Goldstone Infratech Ltd) through its strategic tie-up with BYD Auto Industry of Shenzhen, China, and its sister concern, Evey Trans Pvt Ltd (EVEY)1 of Hyderabad has received the order to operate 100 e–buses for Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) under the FAME-II scheme.

Xiamen-based bus manufacturer King Long United Automotive Industry Co Ltd has delivered more than 150 CNG buses to the city of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Lyon-based IVECO Bus (a subsidiary of IVECO of Turin, Italy) has announced a new CNG minibus at the National Public Transport Conference in Toulouse.

The buses will be delivered by the end of 2022 for service in Amman following a USD32m tender financed by the EBRD.

The Urbino 9 LE electric, which is suited for narrow urban and mountainous routes, will become the smallest model in the Urbino electric line once production of the 8.9m ceases in 2024.

GAZ Group of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, has unveiled a host of 15 new-generation vehicles at the COMTRANS 2021 show in Moscow. Three of these vehicles are built on zero-emission platforms, with two fuel-cell buses and one battery-electric bus.