H2.City Gold is the name of the new hydrogen powered Caetano electric bus, with a range of 400km built by CaetanoBus in Portugal and featuring the Toyota fuel cell system

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, a Daimler subsidiary based in Kawasaki, at the end of August unveiled the 2019 model-year Aero Star large city bus and Rosa medium-duty bus.

Thailand’s state-owned public transport services operator, Transport Co in June held an online bidding process for the supply of 314 buses to strengthen its national and international bus network.

Toyota Motor Corporation has continued to roll-out its new Hiace model by launching the sixth generation of the minibus in Thailand in June.

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.

Hyundai Motor Company announced last month it plans to develop 17 electric-driven commercial vehicles within the next five years in response to increasing global demand for environmentally friendly transportation solutions.

Samauto is planning to produce some 10,000 buses in 2019, which would be more than double the 4,000 units built in 2018, suggested Serkan Öztürk, export specialist for Samauto at Busworld Central Asia in Almaty, held at the end of June.

Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd¹ of Pune, a division of Mumbai’s Tata Group, which offers a wide range of products and services for the automotive and commercial vehicle industries and SECO Seojin Automotive Co Ltd² of Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of South Korea, have entered into a joint venture to design, develop and manufacture clutch systems in India catering specifically for commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors.

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. 

Daimler Buses has received a purchase order for 44 Euro VI chassis from Transit Systems in Australia. It is the biggest single order for Daimler's bus division in Australia for more than a decade.

PT Daimler Commercial Vehicles Indonesia in March used the show to launch its latest version of the Mercedes-Benz OF 917 front-engine bus chassis.