Electra’s involvement in the project began in January 2023 with a GBP 19 million/42-month project to build a pilot vehicle that demonstrates improved technological capabilities with range, efficiency, and design of components.

Project G is an AI-powered fleet management software that uses a chatbot assistant which enables customers to ask questions through a chat interface about their vehicle fleet on areas including vehicle performance, vehicle usage, fuel economy, cost savings and more.

The two XDC 450 8x4s will operate in Greenwich Wharf and will shortly be followed by two identical trucks, which are currently being bodied.

The announcement builds on a previous guarantee on a GBP26m loan from last year.

Based in the cloud, the application, which is available to download on any smart device, gives real-time data sets to drivers, owners and operators monitoring tyre health and allowing all work carried out by Giti Service Partners to be logged and visible to the fleets 24/7.

Bandvulc also had a wide selection of retread tyres on the stand, including the new BD5 drive tyre in the Fleetmaster range which has been engineered for mileage performance and longevity.

First Bus will convert the York depot by installing new electric charging infrastructure provided by Heliox.

In a bid to make roads safer by reducing on-road collisions, the dual radar system uses a combination of radar technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect road objects, vehicles and road users, predicting if a collision is likely to happen and then promptly notifies the driver with an audio and visual alert.

The Bandvulc Ivybridge plant in the UK mainly focuses on hot-retreading for the UK market with Bandvulc tyres being designed and manufactured in Ivybridge as well as producing Continental rebranded tyres in partnership with the Stöcken plant.

Tevva says it worked extensively with the ‘Commercial Vehicle Solutions’ (CVS) division of German components group ZF to integrate its electronic braking system (EBS) with the truck.

Volvo will supply 150 double deck and 20 single deck buses based on its ‘BZL Electric’ chassis to Stagecoach, who will put them on the roads of Manchester from Summer 2024.

Seating 62 passengers, these 10.8m long double-deckers are built on a BYD chassis and driveline.