Olectra-BYD has announced it plans to open a second plant in North India by 2021 to meet growing demand.

Australian bus manufacturer, Volgren, has been engaged in several development projects for zero and low emission bus projects with BYD Company and Volvo Buses.

Giti Tire has launched its next generation, three-peak mountain snowflake certified, all-position urban-bus tyre – the Giti GAU867v1. 

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd (a 50:50 joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Group and Volvo Group) is to intensify sales and marketing activities of Dongfeng Trucks in Chile.

BYD Inc has expanded operations in North America by opening its first electric bus assembly plant in Newmarket.

Fuel cell stack manufacturer, Powercell Sweden - a spinoff company from Volvo Group and set up as a separate entity in 2008 - has decided to open a sales office in China to better meet the strong increase in fuel cell technology in the Chinese market.

Scania AB has agreed with Zoomlion Concrete Machinery to deliver 170 vehicles for truck mounted pumps.

Dearman Engine Company has signed agreements with the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group and the Chengdu Industrial Asset Management Group to collaborate to bring Dearman technology to China.

Kyocera and BYD Japan Co Ltd have entered a joint project to develop an integrated renewable supply-demand energy system for electric vehicles.

Jiangsu Alfa Bus Co Ltd was at the UITP exhibition and conference in Stockholm, last month displaying its full electric city bus with overnight charging, known as Alfabus, the company was at the show to raise customer awareness of its plans for Europe.

Commercial Vehicle Group Inc has expanded its presence in the construction and mining seat segment in Asia following new customer wins valued at USD10-13m in annual revenue.

BYD Co Ltd expects sales of its battery-powered buses to rise sharply in Japan with demand initially coming from the 2020 Olympic games.