Istanbul bus operator IETT has ordered 100 21-metre buses based on the Kent C artic range, set to be delivered in 2022.

Quantron aims to release fuel-electric trucks powered by Ballard's FCmove power modules in Germany in the second half of 2022.

The order for 10 VMC 1200 trucks will be delivered to an undisclosed private operator in British Columbia in the first quarter of 2022.

The low-floor 12-metre bus, based on an EV Dynamics bus already in operation in Asia, will come initially in a battery-electric variant and later in a fuel-cell electric variant.

Bus and defence vehicle manufacturer, Otokar, based in Sakarya, Turkey, has launched the new 12-metre electric low floor city bus, the e-Kent C. The series production model varies from the prototype electric model first unveiled some two years ago at Stockholm, Sweden.

The Hamburg TruckPilot, a collaboration between MAN and HHLA, put autonomous trucks into service with freight forwarding agent Jakob Weets at the Port of Hamburg.

The order for 16 VNR Electric trucks was placed by California-based Performance Team, who will receive them by the end of the year.

The updated Sprinter incorporates a new engine, transmission, "torque-on-demand" and an automatic cargo door.

Hyundai Motor Group of Seoul, is investing heavily in two main zero-emission technologies, battery-powered electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), as major markets across the world look to phase out internal combustion engines in the next 15 years.

Thai renewable energy company, Energy Absolute Plc (EA) in July said it planned to deliver 600 battery-powered buses to a public transport fleet operator in Bangkok by the end of 2021.

Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, the electric vehicle subsidiary of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Technology Group – also widely known locally as Apple Inc’s main iPhone contract manufacturer, Foxconn – has announced a partnership with local energy company, North-Star International Company and bus operator, Kaohsiung Bus Company to develop a battery-powered bus transportation network.

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), based in Kawasaki, Japan, said its truck plant in Tramagal, Portugal, would become  carbon neutral by 2022, well ahead of its plants in Japan which are expected to achieve this status by 2039 at the latest