At Busworld in October, automotive HVAC supplier, Webasto Group, premiered its scalable Thermal Management System for electric vehicles.

Six Volvo Bus 7900e electric buses have entered service at Birmingham International Airport, which is claimed by Nick Barton, CEO of Birmingham Airport as the first UK airport to implement six fully electric landside buses.

The Competence Center for Emission-Free Mobility has now been the pilot factory for vehicles with alternative drive systems for 25 years, the automotive giant, Daimler AG, announced last month.

The New York operator, MTA has awarded Volvo Buses’ Canadian subsidiary, Prévost Car of Sainte-Claire, two contracts for up to 330, X3-45 commuter coaches, with a firm order of 307 vehicles to be delivered between 2020 and 2022, and options for 23 additional coaches.

Transport group, Keolis, having already established full electric bus rapid transport systems in several French cities, has inaugurated the first 100% hydrogen fuelled BRT system using eight 18m fuel cell powered articulated vehicles from Van Hool in the city of Pau.

Following the successful launch of its camera monitoring system called Smart-Vision in markets across Europe, Vision Systems, is to exhibit its mirrorless solution at the UMA Motorcoach Expo this month.

Wrightbus has completed its first delivery of new buses following its acquisition last month by new owners, Bamford Bus Company

FPT Industrial, the powertrain division of CNH Industrial, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with battery producer, Microvast, aimed at an industrial and commercial co-operation to enable FPT Industrial to design and assemble battery packs in-house, at its facility in Turin, which would be then be offered on CNH Industrial vehicles and to third-party customers.

Kassel-based Hübner GmbH presented a newly developed electronic steering system for city buses at Busworld of more than 30 metres in length, which, it said, should be implemented by bus manufacturers, in practice, starting next year.

Bus builders, Rampini Carlo SpA and CaetanoBus have announced an extension of their reciprocal commercial sales agreement to include their respective electric bus ranges.

Public transport operator, Keolis SA and Volvo Buses of Gothenburg organised a demonstration of a 12m long autonomous electric bus at the Keolis bus depot in Gothenburg last month.

At a capital markets day held in mid-November, executives at Daimler AG announced radical restructuring to transition the company to a carbon neutral future.