Olectra - BYD, a leading player in electric buses, has announced that its eBuzz K9 electric buses have been put under Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) commercial service. The first lot of five zero-emission electric buses (eBuzz K 9 model ) was flagged off on September 5, 2018.

Mol Cy, an independent manufacturer of trucks, trailers and refuse collection vehicles, has delivered its HF5066 extra heavy haulage truck to Hong Kong.  Powered by the 550 hp Cummins ISX15 engine, the vehicle has been purpose-built for heavy-haulage duties. The vehicle features a fully automatic Allison six speed transmission with overdrive, 5 road-going ratios and one crawler gear plus two ratios in the transfer box, all of which provides an exceptional range of gear ratios and mobility out of the ordinary.

Including the ballast box, the truck has a curb weight of 52 tons. Its maximum geared road speed is 55 km/h and it can pull a gross combination weight of 400 tons at level ground and 230 tons at 15% gradient.

Apollo Tyres, a leader in the commercial vehicle tyre space in India, has introduced the XT-100HD, the most advanced cross ply lug tyre that offers the best of both, load carrying capacity and mileage, while ensuring the most durable casing in the industry.

This product has been introduced for the Indian market on popular demand from the customers and business partners, who were already using/ selling the company’s best-in-class mileage tyres and the ones with the highest load carrying capacity in the cross-ply segment.

The replacement market in India is still going strong on cross ply tyres, with almost a 50:50 split between radial and cross ply, Apollo Tyres has introduced this technologically advanced product to carry moderate loads in regional haulage and mixed applications in the drive position. Being produced at company’s facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, these tyres have been extensively tested on customers’ vehicles in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh. The performance of XT-100HD, in these road tests, have been far superior to the key competition in this segment.

The tyre comes with a heavy-duty casing with a new high strength nylon fabric that offers the best in class load carrying capacity. The durability of the casing has also been enhanced with the new heat ageing resistant compound and tyre cavity (HEART) technology, which ensures cooler running of tyres and withstands all applications, offering the best residual casing for retreadability.

The tread has been designed using the company’s in-house Modular Matrix Tread (MMT) technology, with reinforced compounds and high tread rubber mass, that delivers the highest mileage in its segment.