The two companies have agreed to a pilot phase during which Ecobat will maintain and repair lithium-ion batteries for Tevva’s customers - with scope to expand the partnership to additional energy storage and battery recycling services.

Hofmann, who has previously worked for Volkswagen, will lead the development of Volta Trucks’ Digital Platform.

The company announced that series production is set to begin in the second quarter of this year at the contract manufacturing facility in Steyr, Upper Austria.

The facility includes a 15,000-square-foot workshop with all the necessary infrastructure to service traditional internal combustion engine-powered trucks as well as electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

The company has started pre-series production of its new all-electric Syberia eCool temperature-controlled unit, designed to be used with urban delivery electric trucks.

The contract, with the Swedish public operator, Svealandstrafiken, comprises 23 Ebusco 3.0 13.5-metre Class II e-buses with an option to purchase an additional 41.

Iveco has offered several iterations of the eDaily over the past decade.

CaetanoBus is set to supply German public transport operator Deutsche Bahn (DB), with 60 hydrogen-powered H2.City Gold buses, to be delivered in Q1 2024, following 71 European orders last year.

The company, which distributes the Isuzu Grand Toro coach, Visigo coach, Kendo CNG coach and the all-electric Novo Citi Volt midibus in the UK, now is offering all these vehicles in the Republic of Ireland.

The 10th edition of Busworld Turkey is set to take place between the 29th – 31st of May 2024, in Halls 1 & 3 of the Istanbul Expo Centre in the Turkish capital.

The “TireTech” app provides information on the optimum tyre pressure for Continental’s truck and bus tyre range as well as relevant service information, helping maximise performance, uptime and fleet efficiency benefitting operators, dealers and service technicians alike.

Juratek is an aftermarket supplier and maker of brake components - such as discs, brake pads, callipers, and actuators - for buses, trailers and trucks, under the brand names of Juratek and BettaParts.