Claiming it to be the first application globally, Konvekta AG has revealed that since the start of this year, the first electric articulated bus, equipped with a Konvekta CO2 heat pump thermal management system, has been operated by the public transport company, VAG.

The GAZ Group at the start of the year began assembly of the new GAZ-A68R52 GAZelle City minibus featuring a low floor in the middle with easy access.

Sollers Engineering LLC, an assembler and distributor of cars and light commercial vehicles of well known-brands says it has signed a cooperation agreement with emissions control specialist, HJS Emission Technology GmbH & Co KG.

At what proved to be two days of very high-level seminars earlier this year by speakers from around the world on various subjects associated with public passenger transport and mobility at ABA’s Marketplace 2020 convention in Omaha - organized by Busworld Academy together with the American Bus Association - Busworld announced it was taking the partnership a major step further in 2021 with the launch of the first Busworld North America exhibition.

Cummins Inc used Busworld Turkey 2020 in Istanbul last month to display its Next Generation Battery Electric System in an 8.9m long bus; the system is typically for the European bus market.

BRIST Axle Systems Srl used Busworld Turkey last month to display its latest independent steerable drive axle for medium-size buses and delivery vehicles.

Solaris Bus & Coach SA has received orders for 25 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen-powered buses from the affiliated transport companies of the German  transport association, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr.

Further to the announcement by DAF Trucks NV in November of its development of an electric rigid truck, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm, ROVA.

The claimed 'world’s most power dense permanent magnet electric motor' is under development in the UK.

Six months on from when Wabco Holdings Inc made a three-year agreement with global innovation platform, Plug and Play, Wabco’s Global Head of Technology Scouting, Dr Gandert Van Raemdonck, has provided an update on the company’s progress of this recent collaboration.

Announcing 14 electric Irizar ie buses, equipped with Hispacold’s ecological, silent and highly efficient EN air-conditioning systems will go into circulation on the streets of Génova from August 2020.

Braking and driveline specialist, Meritor Inc of Troy, as announced the distribution agreement between Meritor and a subsidiary of Wabco Holdings Inc has been terminated.