Hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems has acquired British fuel cell specialist Arcola Energy.

The Lion Electric Company has received a conditional purchase order for 200 fully electric Lion-C school buses for use in Southern Ontario.

Perrone Robotics and GreenPower will collaborate in the development of a new 'AV Star' minibus which will be ADA-compliant.

The company reported a 67% decrease in sales revenue (CAD2.9m) for Q3 2021 but a 128% growth in figures for the year-to-date (CAD49.3m).

NFI announced a new telematics system for all electric vehicle product lines across its subsidiaries - along with a range of new finance options.

NFI will be offering a battery recycling service to all of its North American customers - the deal applies to all of its subsidiaries. This is an extension of a pilot programme between NFI subsidiary New Flyer and Li-Cycle launched earlier this year.

A global memorandum of understanding was signed by fifteen governments at COP26, agreeing, among other commitments, to an interim goal of 30% of all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2030.

Vicinity Motor has entered a distributor agreement with ABC Bus Companies for its line of heavy-duty mid-size buses and battery-electric buses in the USA.

Vicinity Motor has received a CAD14m order for 100 VMC 1200 trucks from the Canadian dealer.

Phillips joins Vicinity Motor from Alliance Bus Group and will be responsible for sales in North America.

The five-year contract between New Flyer and CapMetro provides for the supply of up to 171 electric buses, which NFI claims is the largest such contract in the USA to date.

The five-year contract was signed with Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority of Buffalo, New York.