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. 

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

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.

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

Vehicle builders,  Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (Foton),  Toyota Motor Company, and fuel cell developer, Beijing SinoHytec Co Ltd have announced an agreement for all three parties to jointly develop fuel cell buses.

BYD Company Ltd at its headquarters in Shenzhen, has announced its development of the K12A , a 27m fully-electric bi-articulated low floor city bus offering a passenger capacity of 250 people.

February 2019 saw Chile introduce, what it claims, is South America’s first intercity electric coach.

BYD Company Ltd has announced its 13m electric coach is undergoing in-service trial operations with French operator, TransDev.

TM4, the Boucherville, motor and inverter joint venture between Dana Incorporated and Quebec-Hydro has reached a major milestone with the production of its 12,000th TM4 SUMO electric powertrain system for heavy commercial vehicles in China.

Eberspächer Climate Control Systems GmbH has begun forging stronger relationships with Chinese electric bus manufacturers.