The company announced that series production is set to begin in the second quarter of this year at the contract manufacturing facility in Steyr, Upper Austria.

Iveco has offered several iterations of the eDaily over the past decade.

JBM is believed to be the first bus builder in India to offer the home market fully integral buses.

Hitech Electric is an importer and assembler of small electric vehicles from China.

EKA Mobility is the trade name of Pinnacle Mobility Solutions Private Ltd - it builds a range of electric vehicles.

The order comprises a mixture of medium- to high-end models from the ‘C13 PRO’ or ‘ZK6138H’ range of 12.5-metre coaches.

Future ‘Tre’ vehicles will be outfitted with a version of ‘PlusDrive’ which incorporates a set of advanced driver assistance systems, including lane centring, lane changes, merges, stop-and-go traffic, nudging, and braking.

Force is the market leader in the Indian minibus sector.

Nikola Iveco received a Letter of Intent from the freight-forwarding firm to acquire 20 fuel-cell electric trucks – with the eventual intention of replacing its entire fleet with Nikola’s vehicles.

Blue Energy Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (Blue Energy Motors) of Pune, is a two-year-old start-up backed by a Singapore-based finance firm.

Preliminary specifications include a 300-320 kW motor, a 2-speed transmission, a 90-100 kW fuel cell stack, and a small lithium-ion battery pack to provide extra power.

The credit facility is being provided by the Royal Bank of Canada and Export Development Canada to fund production of its Class 3 electric trucks.