The Hilux Rangga, first unveiled at last year’s Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show, is based on the same IMV* platform as exiting Hilux pickup trucks but has a radical new body design.

The German manufacturer says the order for 27 battery electric buses from Ledermair is the largest order for electric buses the company has received thus far from a private operator in Austria.

The group has signed distribution agreements with two truck-trailer dealers, Ascendance Trucks LLC of Boca Raton, Florida and Allegiance Trucks LLC of Stamford, Connecticut.

The ‘Urbino 24’ double-articulated buses will serve on bus rapid transit routes in the city.

Parent company NFI has made “significant” investments in infrastructure and workforce at the site, including the installation of chargers, expansion of storage and commissioning areas, and retraining of staff, in order to prepare the facility for electric coach production.

MFTBC vehicles are imported into Singapore by Goldbell Engineering Pte Ltd, its local distributor for the last 40 years.

Modine says that, since 2023, Gillig has deployed over one hundred hybrid buses installed with Modine’s EVantage system.

The company called the test a “milestone” on its path to commercialisation of self-driving trucks, which it aims to achieve by 2027.

The market for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs, i.e., trucks >6t) continued to slow down in the third quarter of 2024, declining by 6% compared with the same period of the year before, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Zeus said it is proud to be able to offer “a U.S.-manufactured aluminum cab with design origins in fire truck construction methods” to customers, starting in California.

The Malaysian government mandated that all diesel fuels for commercial vehicles comply with Euro V specifications as of April 1, 2021.

New Flyer says it will repurpose existing space at its production facility in Winnipeg and lease another site for final vehicle commissioning.