The Freight in the City 2019 exhibition saw the first public showing of a Scania L-series hybrid truck.

Following the announcement by the Council for the European Union in June of a new vehicle directive that mandates the percentage of buses that must be emission-free by 2025 and 2030, three technology companies BMZ, Ziehl-Abegg and Horiba Mira have teamed up to offer, what they claim, is a unique turnkey service for converting existing bus fleets to e-Buses.

Celerity DRS GmbH, a supplier of aerodynamic and anti-drag systems and a division of brake friction company, Bremse Technic (UK) Ltd, was at Solutrans 2019 in Lyon last month to raise awareness of its exclusive distribution rights for Europe of the tire inflation system, made and produced by Pressure Systems International Inc (PSI) of San Antonio, Texas, in the United States.

Scania Buses & Coaches is introducing a longer version of its Irizar i6S coach for the 2020 season, which is available to order now.

Trolleybus and electric bus specialist, BKM Holding, used the Coach and Bus UK show held at the NEC, Birmingham, UK, last month to display the 12.2m E420 Electrobus or E-bus, one of the latest product developments at BKM Holding.

Hispacold since April this year has, for the first time been delivering it's electrical air conditioning unit with reversible heat pump to Alexander Dennis Ltd for fitment in its BYD E400 EVfull electric double decker bus.

Automotive electrification company, Equipmake Ltd, revealed its latest version of an innovative electric bus platform – a new low floor chassis designed to make zero emission double deck buses more cost-effective and efficient at Busworld Europe, last month.

Recent delivery of 22 buses from the BYD ADL partnership - BYD Europe BV and Alexander Dennis Ltd - to Go-Ahead London, signals introduction of a shorter 10.2m Enviro200EV.

Humberside Fire & Rescue Service has become the first UK fire and rescue authority to introduce a new generation Scania (Great Britain) Ltd of Milton Keynes L-series fire appliance.

The importers of Yutong coaches and buses, Pelican Bus & Coach, has sold the first Yutong TCe12 all electric 12m,18t gvw coach to Westway Coach Services Ltd.

Richard Crump, managing director of Pelican Bus & Coach, the UK importer for speaking at Bus & Coach 2019 in Birmingham last month said the electric bus product had done extremely well in demonstrations and now believes that more contracts are not too far away.

Britain’s Yutong dealer, Pelican Bus & Coach has sold its 500th vehicle in its centenary year.