Britain’s Yutong dealer, Pelican Bus & Coach of Castleford, UK is planning to bring a two-axle DC charging double deck to the UK, according to Richard Crump, managing director of Pelican Bus & Coach speaking at Bus & Coach 2019 in Birmingham last month.

Dana Corporation has announced its majority-owned electric motor subsidiary, Dana TM4, has taken full control of TM4’s former joint venture company with Prestolite in China.

Alexander Dennis Ltd is to supply six electric buses to Fullers360, a subsidiary of Weiheke Bus Company, commencing the conversion of bus services on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island to a zero emission operation. 

Plus.ai, a provider of self-driving trucking technology, has announced a joint venture with China’s FAW Jiefang Automotive Co Ltd to develop autonomous trucks for China.

E-Mobility Group has formed a partnership with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, a global supplier of lithium ion batteries.

Battery and electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD North America Inc unveiled a new transit bus and a new coach at BusCon 2019, held last month

BYD Europe Ltd and Alexander Dennis Ltd jointly announced the companies’ electric vehicle partnership is to upgrade its BYD ADL Enviro200EV with ADL’s new electric bus heating system and optimised vehicle layouts. 

Toyota Motor Corporation said it is supplying key parts for hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles to Chinese truck and bus builders, FAW Group Corporation and Higer Bus Co Ltd, as it looks to promote the use of the technology globally.

Daimler AG subsidiary, Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH and Beijing Electric Vehicle Co Ltd, have entered a development partnership, intending to establish second-life energy storage systems in China.

Beijing Automotive Group Co Ltd, through a 100-percent subsidiary, Investment Global Co Ltd, in July acquired an equity interest of approximately five per cent in vehicle manufacturing giant, Daimler AG.

BYD Company of Shenzhen has expanded its North American operations by opening its first bus assembly plant in Canada. Located in Newmarket, Ontario, the site provides a 45,000 square-foot facility and is the first new electric bus plant to open in Ontario in a generation.

Toyota Motor Corporation and BYD Company have signed an agreement for the joint development of battery electric vehicles.