Alexander Dennis Ltd and Chinese-owned BYD Europe BV, has supplied ten electric double deck buses to National Express for operation in Coventry, as part of a wider investment in 29 zero emission BYD ADL Enviro400EV double deck buses.

21st Century (a brand of passenger systems’ company, Journeo Plc) is now able to offer full on-board CCTV systems, which have been assessed to be fully compliant with the new UN Vehicle Regulation ECE 118 (Fire, and Safety Regulation).

Alexander Dennis Ltd, the bus and coach building subsidiary of NFI Group Inc, has begun the formal consultation of its previously announced restructuring programme in response to the significant fall in demand for new buses and coaches in the United Kingdom as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 

British engineering firm, Harsh Ltd, well known for its hook-loader and skip-loader body products, has built a bespoke demountable skip-loader unit that can be loaded onto a truck fitted already with a standard hook-loader container, enabling it to double as a skip carrier, when needed.

VDL Bus & Coach BV (a subsidiary of the VDL Groep which makes buses and coaches) has established a new representative organisation in the United Kingdom, called VDL Bus & Coach UK Ltd.

StreetDrone Ltd, a full-stack autonomous technology company, has won UK Government funding as part of a consortium tasked with delivering an autonomous logistics capability to Nissan’s Sunderland car plant.

Electric motor manufacturing company, Saietta Group, which specialises in propulsion motors for a broad range of electric vehicles from scooters to buses has announced it to expand its production facilities in Bicester.

Hanover Displays Ltd, the passenger information and destination display specialist, has invested in more collaborative robotic systems, otherwise known as 'Cobots', to improve manufacturing efficiency and process quality, even further, to deliver significant benefits for clients specifying destination display technology.

Bedfordshire-based Millbrook Ltd has specified, built, and commissioned a unique simulation suite as part of its 5G testbed facility.

Mid-August saw the SMMT (The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) post figures for the first half of 2020: New bus and coach registrations fell by more than a third (-34.6%) to 1,731 units from 2,645.

Stockholm-based Volta Trucks, the developer of the Volta Zero electric truck concept, has revealed additional information on the vehicle's construction.

Dr Andrew Palmer, the former managing director at Aston Martin, has been appointed non-executive chairman of Optare plc of Sherburn in Elmet.