Lion Electric is to offer a lithium-ion battery pack, produced at its Mirabel facility in Quebec, with final certification of the product set to take place in Q1 2023 before going into series production.

30 ‘Electroliner’ buses have been ordered by Abellio which are funded through non-recourse financing from a consortium led by Rock Road Holdings Ltd of London and the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund.

Gillig's 40 ft electric bus received the highest-ever score for a battery electric bus tested at Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Iveco looks to push low carbon and clean drivelines in the truck and bus markets of Latin America. Iveco has now supplied the first 17 units out of a total of 20 of the Hi-Way NG 6X2 600S46T tractor unit – gas powered trucks with biomethane is seen by many in Brazil as being a sustainable transportation solution in the country.

Acquiring Intellic expands ZF’s current product and service offerings in the area of connected vehicle technologies - it envisages a single box (a ‘Connectivity Hub’) which will be able to reliably and accurately collect and relay data from multiple sources, including advanced driver assistance systems and electronic braking systems.

The purpose of the new structure is to centralize operations and improve processes for approximately 350 customers served in the country.

Already producing heavy and medium duty trucks, XCMG is now offering product for the large light-duty sector.

For a relatively small market of 17,729 commercial vehicles sold in 2022, there are a large number of brands selling into the market place.

ANFAVEA reports that one of the best performances achieved by the Brazilian automobile industry was in exports of truck and bus chassis.

Castertech is developing nano-technology with partners in materials for use in transport applications.

Iveco launches complete electric bus in Uraguay.

According to ANAC (Associação Nacional Automotriz de Chile), sales of over 19,000 CVs in 2022 is the best result in recent years, being 44.44% higher than 13,272 units sold in 2020,and 17.24% above 16,342 vehicles sold in 2019, before the covid-19 pandemic.