Commercial Vehicles

LeafyBus, a tech-enabled EV bus company based in New Delhi, has announced plans to deploy 50 electric buses over the next 12 months. The new fleet will operate across multiple routes in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Pun...

All-electric, digital-first intercity bus startup Fresh Bus has raised Rs 87.5 crore ($10.5 million) through its Series A funding round.

Switch Mobility, an integral part of the Hinduja Group, a global manufacturer of electric buses and light commercial vehicles, has inked an agreement with MoEVing, India's premier Electric Mobility Technology Platfo...

Jindal Stainless, India’s largest stainless steel manufacturer, is partnering with JBM Auto Ltd., the country’s largest electric bus manufacturer, for fabrication of over 500 energy-efficient and light-weight stainl...

Lt. Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal along with Minister for Transport & Environment Kailash Gahlot flagged off 300 JBM Ecolife AC electric buses from Baansera Park, Sarai Kale...

EKA, a leading player in the electric mobility sector with Mitsui Co., Ltd. (Japan) & VDL Groep (Netherlands) as equity partners, has launched their highly anticipated 1.5 tonne electric Light Commercial Vehicles (L...

Switch Mobility, manufacturer of carbon neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicles, and a part of the Hinduja Group, delivered two open-roof Switch EiV 22, the iconic double-decker electric bus to Kerala Sta...

Electric buses in Ladakh are setting a compelling example in the fight against climate change. Ladakh’s Leh and Kargil regions have embraced the services of 19 electric buses (eBuses) from PMI Electro Mobility Solut...

Leading rating and research firm ICRA foresees electric buses (e-buses) to be at the forefront of India’s electrification drive, with the segment expected to witness healthy traction going forward. ICRA estimates e-...

JBM Electric Vehicles, India’s leading electric bus manufacturer launched its all-electric city bus - Ecolife and luxury coach – Galaxy at Bus World 2023. This also marks JBM Electric Vehicles’ foray into the Europe...

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a bus scheme “PM-eBus Sewa” for augmenting city bus operation by 10,000 e-buses on PPP model. The Scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs.57...

Switch Mobility, a Hinduja Group company and the next-generation carbon neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicle manufacturer, has delivered six Switch Solo electric buses to Translink, Northern Ireland’s m...

PMI Electro Mobility, India's largest electric bus manufacturer and fleet operator, has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first company to deliver electric buses in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, in i...

Fresh Bus, a new-age intercity EV bus service announced the launch of its first electric bus fleet on the Bengaluru-Tirupati route.

India’s leading surface mobility brand, Zingbus, has partnered with the National Highways for Electric Vehicles (NHEV) an EoDB pilot initiative, for a joint e-mobility project aiming to help the private diesel bus o...

EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, and a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, announced that it has received a letter of allotment (LoA) for the procurement, operation, and maintenance ...

PMI Electro Mobility, India’s largest electric bus company, announced the delivery of its 1,000th electric bus, becoming the first company in the country to achieve this milestone. Delivered under the FAME II scheme...

JBM Auto launched India’s first completely designed and manufactured 100% electric luxury coach – JBM Galaxy at the Auto Expo- The Motor Show 2023.

EKA, an electric vehicles and technology company, and a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, and NuPort Robotics, a Canadian autonomous trucking company, announced India’s first deployment of Level 2 autonomy ...

Switch Mobility, the next-generation carbon neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicle company, has partnered with JSW to introduce electric buses for employee transportation in India. This is the first signi...

Erisha E Mobility, part of Rana Group, has announced the launch of E- Superior electric cargo loader, E- Supreme electric delivery van and E- Smart electric passenger vehicle three-wheeler auto in L5 category includ...

PMI Electro Mobility, India's leading electric bus manufacturer and operator, announced that it is now the second largest electric bus brand in India with over 777 electric buses running across the country.

Switch Mobility Ltd, the EV arm of Ashok Leyland and Optare of the UK, has launched its next-generation electric bus platform ‘Switch EiV 12’ for the Indian market. The company showcased two electric bus variants ...

Starting June 1, 2022, GreenCell Mobility,offering electric mobility as service platform, would run the first intercitye-bus for Maharashtra Regional State Transport (MSRTC) from the city.

ChargeZone, a technology-driven EV charging network company has announced that it is powering 500+ electric buses through its nation-wide network of 125+ super fast DC points in cities such as Ahmedabad, Chandigarh,...

GreenCell Mobility has unveiled unveils NueGo, 1st pan-india intercity electric mobility coach brand. ‘NueGo’ is aimed at the new age traveler and is India’s first intercity electric mobility bus brand with initial ...

EKA, an electric vehicles and technology company, and a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, has announced entering into a long-term strategic collaboration, initiated through a Memorandum of Understanding (MO...

Trucks and buses account for a large part of CO2 emissions from the transport sector in Europe. Reducing emissions is one of the major challenges if the Paris Agreement target is to be met, and most agree that elect...

BYD India, a subsidiary of the Warren Buffett-backed EV maker BYD, has announced the launch of the all-new e6, which will be available for the Indian B2B segment.

Tata Motors has delivered 35 state-of-the-art Starbus electric buses, as a part of the larger order of 340 electric buses to Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).

Omega Seiki Mobility, part of the Rs 1000 crore plus Anglian Omega Group will soon be making electric four wheelers and two wheelers in India with foreign collaborations. The company which showcased a few cargo elec...

Fifty-eight-year-old Dr Andy Palmer, former CEO of UK luxury car company Aston Martin Lagonda has been appointed Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Switch Mobility Ltd, the new electrified commer...

Harigo EngiWork has put the first step forward to launch tarmac electric buses for SpiceJet at Chennai airport in the presence of Ajay Singh CMD, SpiceJet and Suriya (Indian film actor), besides SpiceJet and Harig...

Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and MSME unveiled Olectra-BYD C9 - electric inter-city coach, the first in the country, during the ongoing Auto Expo at Greater Noida in the presence o...

JBM Auto (P) Ltd, a leading commercial vehicle player in the e-mobility space, will be launching two of their offerings, Ecolife and Citylife buses on February 5, 2020 during the Auto Expo- The Motor Show 2020 at Ha...

BYD Auto Industry Company Limited, among the largest manufacturers in the world for pure electric vehicles including electric buses, has entered into a collaboration with ETO Motors, an electric fleet operator where...

As announced in August 2018, Busworld International and VNU Exhibitions Asia Ltd. are partnering up to relaunch the reputational Busworld China. The event will be organised in the SWEEC (Shanghai World Expo Exhibiti...

Tata Motors will be supplying 80 electric buses to the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC). The company has already supplied 20 Ultra Electric 9/9m AC E-buses, with remaining 20 9/9m AC E-buses scheduled to be ...

The State Government of Delhi has initiated the trials of zero emission and noise free Olectra-BYD 12-metre electric bus eBuzz K9 with a 35+1 (Driver) seating capacity. The eBuzz K9 from Olectra-BYD was flagged off ...

There is good news for the pilgrims of Sabarimala in Kerala. They can now travel in zero emission and noise less electric buses from Olectra - BYD, a leading player in electric public transport system.

The first electric, open-top double-decker sightseeing bus in London built at Unvi in Spain has an electric motor that comes from Ziehl-Abegg in Kupferzell (Germany). According to Ralf Arnold, Managing Director of...

Turkey leading manufacturer of commercial and military vehicles, BMC is back on the roads with a brand new truck family Tugra. The long-awaited Tugra was unveiled on the world stage for the first time at the IAA Com...

Openmatics, a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, is the official connectivity platform provider for VDL Bus & Coach, the Dutch vehicle manufacturer of buses and coaches. The open platform including API (Applicatio...

Known and proven in the caravan sector for years, Al-Ko Vehicle Technology presented its Mammut manoeuvring drive also for the use in commercial trailers at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles. This technology with all...

Together with Huber Automotive AG, an established specialist for embedded automotive electronics, the chassis technology expert AL-KO Vehicle Technology presented a world first at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018: t...

Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG is the leading global supplier of vision systems for the commercial vehicle industry. At the IAA 2018, Mekra Lang showcased a digital vision system design that is the product of the many yea...

Allison Transmission announced that it will offer its medium-duty, fully automatic 9-speed transmission globally, and that it has developed an electric hybrid system with purely electric extended range. The news was...

At the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles, Dana Incorporated and vehicle manufacturer Karsan announced the availability of the Karsan ATAK electrified midibus featuring Dana’s TM4 SUMO MD electric motor and inverter.

Honeywell Transportation Systems – which Honeywell plans to spin off into a new company named Garrett Motion, Inc. near the end of the third quarter -- unveiled its latest turbocharging technologies for commercial v...

Dana Incorporated launched its new Spicer 175 series single drive axle, offering the industry’s lowest numeric gear ratio, 1.95:1, for optimum engine downspeeding. The axle is ideal for European heavy-duty vehicles ...

Cummins Inc. unveiled the PowerDrive, an advanced suite of plug-in hybrid electric powertrain solutions spanning light, medium and heavy-duty applications, at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show. This further expan...

At the 67th International Motor Show (IAA) Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, technology company and premium tyre manufacturer Continental presented at its press conference the design tyre Conti e.MotionPro, which was ...

Volvo unveiled its all-new platform for tourist and line-haul coaches at IAA in Hannover. With striking design, fuel-saving aerodynamics and safety of the very highest level, the premium coach manufacturer is taking...

Goodyear launched Fuelmax Performance - its most fuel-efficient tyre range to date - at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018. The new tyres, which are the first Goodyear truck tyres to feature full silica tread compound tec...

Brembo, global leader in the production of braking systems, showcased a range of ECS (Electric Combined Sliding) brake calipers in spheroidal graphite iron especially for the commercial vehicle market at the 67th IA...

ZF has highlighted two market successes for its tried-and-tested AxTrax AVE electric portal axle. Firstly, 31 of the famous red London double-decker buses will be equipped with this technology and glide through the ...

Lightweight specialist Mubea, so far mainly known as an innovations pioneer for passenger car components, presented novelties across its whole product range at the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles, which provide solutio...

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...

The 8th edition of BusWorld India targeting the Indian bus and coach industry, concluded successfully on August 31, 2018 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bengaluru. The international B2B ex...

Olectra Greentech Limited launched its first luxury mini electric bus. Manufactured in India, the zero-emission electric bus eBuzz K6 LuXe is first electric bus in its category in the country. The bus is aimed at pr...

Eicher Trucks & Buses, part of VE Commercial Vehicles, has introduced zero emission smart electric buses, marking its entry in the growing electric bus segment in India. VE Commercial Vehicles will integrate KPIT Te...

The Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete has announced that the Government is providing Rs 437 crore subsidy to 11 cities under FAME India, for launching electric buses, taxis and three-wh...

Goldstone Infratech Limited has announced that its zero emission electric bus has officially started running under Himachal Pradesh Transport Corporation. The 25+1 seater Goldstone eBuzz K7 was flagged off by G S B...

Tata Motors has commenced trials of its 9 meters electric bus in Chandigarh. With a capacity to seat 31 passengers, the Tata Ultra ELECTRIC 9m bus will run for over 15-days, with the trial jointly carried out with C...

Tata Motors, a global leading truck and bus manufacturer, launched the Starbus Electric 9m, the Starbus Electric 12m and the Starbus Hybrid 12m buses and displayed a range of smart buses for clean and green cities

JBM Solaris, a joint venture between JBM Group and Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. will invest Rs. 300 crore towards engineering, design and development, manufacturing, supply chain development and other focus areas. At th...

BK Modi, an Indian entrepreneur now based out of Singapore, has announced his entry into the electric vehicles industry under the brand ‘Smart Dreams’. Smart Dreams is a conscious attempt to provide affordable, comp...

Volvo Buses India has taken a lead by introducing Volvo Hybrid City Bus in the country. Navi Mumbai becomes the first ever city in India to adopt hybrid buses. This was announced on the side-lines of the Make in Ind...

Optare, the market leader for pure electric buses, has announced that it is well underway with a project that will increase the range of its MetroCity and Solo EVs to 200 miles (322km approx.) with no net weight gai...

Volvo Busses has introduced their Hybrid buses in India with the first batches to ply as city bus pilot in Navi Mumbai with Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT), a major transportation service in Navi Mumbai and i...

Thousands of visitors thronged the Busworld 2015 in Kortrijk , Sweden, held between Oct 16 to 21, 2015, breaking all previous records in terms of visitors as well as exhibitors. The 23rd edition of the biannual prof...

Volvo Buses’ new electric bus is now being tested for the first time in regular traffic in Gothenburg in Sweden. Ahead of its official premiere on June 15 there remain some technological fine-tuning and driver train...