DAF Truck dealer representative, The HTC Group has acquired Barnes DAF, which includes its Guildford and Shoreham servicing stations. All staff at these facilities have been retained. For DAF, this means that the number of UK & Ireland dealerships remains the same (146) but with one less dealer group (now 14).

The vehicle achieved a 5 star Direct Vision Standard* (DVS) rating for driver visibility, making it safe to operate in one of Europe’s busiest cities.

ADL announced that is growing its presence in the North American market, with an order for 12 battery-electric Enviro500EV double-deck buses to the public transport agency, Foothill Transit, to operate in downtown Los Angeles in 2026.

AAG is heading into the bus and coach rental market, so T&BB set up an interview with Martyn Bellis, Commercial Director of Bus & Coach at AAG, to get a better understanding of the company’s strategy to double its turnover in bus and coach from GBP500m currently to GBP1bn in the next three years!

The Driver Challenge (4th edition) will see 20 finalists battle it out in a series of practical and knowledge-based tests over a two-day (in autumn) multistage process to crown the best Commercial Vehicle (CV) driver in the UK.

They will join a fleet of 84 electric buses already delivered or on order from Wrightbus to Arriva London last year.

The 1000th vehicle was one out of 17 ‘E12’ battery electric buses which were ordered by Transdev for Heathrow Airport Terminal 5.

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.

Nikola claims that, by navigating to “what3words addresses”, drivers will find their destinations more easily – particularly in cases where a single conventional address has multiple entrances and drop-off points.

The company reported that sales of Maxus vans grew by 46% in 2023, while its battery electric vans took fourth place in the UK LCV-EV market, and it forecasts growth of 50% across all brands this year. 

Both subsystems are intended for easy integration into prototype and development vehicles, providing some of the necessary electronic components between the fuel cell stack/auxiliary battery and the traction motor.

An experienced transport policy and public affairs specialist, Robert Gwynn joins the company with the role of getting more alternatively fuelled vehicles across its fleet.