Mercedes-Benz, through MFTB Taiwan, launched a touring coach for the Taiwanese market built on the OC500 RF Euro VI-compliant chassis in April this year, fitted with the 12-litre Mercedes-Benz OM 470 diesel engine.

Electric Truck manufacturer, Volta Trucks, which has its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, has revealed ambitious plans, up to 2025, to expand its range of zero-emission trucks to cover four segments from 7.5t to 19t and to base its manufacturing sites close to core markets.

QEV Technologies of Barcelona, Spain, an engineering firm specialising in electric mobility for motorsports and a range of commercial vehicle applications, has announced a partnership with Geotab Inc of Oakville, Ontario, a specialist in IoT and connected mobility, for the supply of telematics.

Spanish bus and coach bodybuilder, Industrial Carrocera Arbuciense SA of Arbucies, Gerona, has entered a new partnership agreement with Iveco Bus of Turin, Italy for the manufacture of a new range of low entry urban minibus to be marketed under the name Daily Access.

Irizar e-mobility of Aduna, Spain, starting September 2021 is to supply 44 electric ie buses to Burgas Bus in Burgas, Bulgaria. These are the first electric buses acquired by Burgas and, according to Irizar, its electro-mobility project is currently one of the largest in Bulgaria.

Kögel Trailer GmbH of Burtenbach has appointed Lionel Blancheton and Hernán Ceballos as country-specific consultants in the Kögel After Market division in France and Spain/Portugal.

Solaris Bus & Coach of Bolechowo has won a tender bid to supply 250 Solaris Urbino 12 CNG buses to Madrid.

Purpose-designed 16t gvw electric truck manufacturer for distribution services, Volta Trucks, which is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, has announced it is exploring the possible manufacture of the Volta Zero in Spain as one of several possible sites in Europe.

Irizar e-mobility of Aduna (the electric mobility division of the Irizar Group of Ormaiztegi) has placed its first autonomous 12m all-electric Irizar iebus into service in the city of Malaga.

Hamburg operator, Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH is to acquire eight Irizar ie bus zero-emission vehicles, adding to existing orders from ICB Frankfurt and Rheinbahn Düsseldorf.

DAF Trucks NV is to supply 1,300 XF 480 Super Space Cab tractor units to the Primafrio Group specialising in the transport of cooled and frozen food and high value goods.

CaetanoBus in December announced an order for eight hydrogen 12m buses from Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona for operation in the city of Barcelona for delivery at the end of 2021.