Iveco Bus has delivered its first batch of diesel ICE Crossway buses (order of 370) to Dakar, Senegal, with the remaining units to be delivered by the end of Q1 2024, along with a batch of spare parts and tools needed for maintenance and upkeep ensuring optimum efficiency and performance.

The companies are developing a scalable solid-state battery using sodium-metal-chloride battery cells. Comau has been tasked with designing the cell digitalisation and automation strategy, which aims to accelerate solid-state battery development.

The company has recently announced a raft of orders, including 411 e-buses (E-WAY) to ATAC S.p.A. in Rome and 153 E-Way buses to Azienda Trasporti Milanesi S.p.A. (ATM) in Milan, Italy.

Following the acquisition, which is set to close shortly, SAF-Holland will be able to expand its offering of special axle systems which were not previously part of its product portfolio.

This acquisition strengthens Hitachi’s (Hitachi Energy’s Grid-eMotion division**) position in the electric mobility sector by expanding its product portfolio and production capacity of its electric vehicle charging equipment.

The project’s explicit goal is to “reduce the overall time and cost of battery production by at least 20%, in addition to lowering the number of physical experiments required and reducing material costs.” This will ultimately increase the competitiveness of the European battery industry.  

The front independent axle aims to increase the efficiency, balance and structure of the electric vehicles.

Bluebus is set to ship thirty of its 6-metre electric buses to Turin, Italy, to its local distributor Indcar, marking its debut in the Italian market.

He replaces Rinaldo Facchini, who has been in the role for ten years.

The intercity buses are currently in use, between Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport and Balıkesir. The Balıkesir municipality ordered multiple variants of the Crossway.

According to the agreement, Hyundai will manufacture and supply the chassis cab, while Iveco Group will handle local customisation and European distribution through its sales network.

No financial details have been announced, but in the agreement, BASF will be responsible for the collection, packaging, transportation and entire recycling operation, mechanically processing the batteries into black mass** from which lithium, cobalt and nickel will be extracted and then reused in the manufacturing of new batteries.