The new innovation centre will allow engineers to carry out virtual engineering, design, processing, prototyping, product testing, and vehicle testing with products for EVs under one roof.

The MCV-bodied Volvo buses, comprising 150 double deck and 20 single deck, will be delivered to Stagecoach in the summer of 2024, serving in the town of Stockport in Greater Manchester.

Costing GBP 100 million, the two-year demonstrator project of a one-megawatt SOEC system will be undertaken in 2024 at Bosch’s site in Stuttgart, with the aim of proving that the technology is both cost-effective and highly efficient in helping decarbonise industrial operations.

The new facility will house up to 480 technicians and 100 commercial staff with the aim of training staff in both vehicle repair and maintenance as well as customer-facing skills that will be put into use in Iveco dealerships.

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

The Net Zero Hydrogen Fund was launched in May 2022 to provide up to GBP240m to support new low-carbon and renewable hydrogen production projects in the UK - 15 recipients were awarded in the first funding round.

Two bodies - a caged dropside van and a refrigerated box van - are targeted at commercial and vocational applications.

DAF Trucks Ltd has entered the UK’s Capital Cities Challenge EV Rally, showcasing its 19-tonne LF Electric truck across a five-day 1000-mile driving event, designed to test both the vehicle as well as the necessary charging infrastructure that will be utilised.

The organisation has made three recommendations to ensure the successful implementation of hydrogen into the UK transport sector, with the first being, a minimum network of 200 hydrogen refuelling stations by 2030.

UK bus fleet operators are choosing to further extend the ‘lives’ of their vehicles with refurbishment bookings through AD24, ADL’s digital aftermarket software.

According to Ricardo, it has produced a prototype internal combustion engine and sent it off to Cummins and BorgWarner, who are partners in the Avanced Propulsion Centre project.

On 9 March 2023, the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum hosted a conference, bringing together policymakers and private stakeholders, as well as representatives from local government, to discuss the UK’s progress towards the 2030 ban of petrol and diesel cars and vans. In this T&BB report, Bradley Osborne presents the salient points which arose from the discussion.