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The Supervisory Board of Daimler Truck has appointed Eva Scherer as new member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG effective April 1, 2024. As Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Eva Scherer will be responsible for Finance & Controlling at Daimler Truck. The appointment is made for...

California-based charging solutions manufacturer ChargePoint announced the intention to cut its global workforce by about 12%, as part of “a strategic reorganization designed to improve financial performance and position itself for long-term, sustainable growth”, as stated in an official note. Charg...

FirstGroup announces it has signed a new £150m Green Hire Purchase Financing Facility with a syndicate of three banks to support the purchase of electric bus bodies (FirstGroup specifies it means “the chassis and drivetrain, excluding the battery”). This follows the strategic Joint Ventu...

Euro Bus Expo, the premier trade show for the coach and bus sector, returns to the NEC Birmingham on 12-14 November 2024. The show’s free-to-attend Masterclass Theatre will serve as a dynamic platform for stakeholders to provide updates, present findings, share experiences, and explore solutions to ...

The 14th edition of InnoTrans, the world’s leading trade show for transport technology and mobility from 24 to 27 September 2024 is attracting more exhibitors than ever. At the start of this InnoTrans year 99 per cent of the display area is already booked up, organizers say.  Covering a t...

The Go-Ahead Group has joined partners in Oxford to launch one of the UK’s biggest fleets of electric buses. A £82.5 million project will deliver 159 battery buses onto the streets of Oxford – the first of which have already gone into service, Go-Ahead states. Go-Ahead had just been celebrating...

A 2023 with a plus for Daimler Truck: the group has raised its sales to 526,053 units, against 520,291 in 2022. A percentage increase of 1.21%. The Daimler Buses branch reported strong sales performance with 26,168 units (+9% over 2022). Another positive figure to highlight is that of battery electr...

Equipmake has doubled its fleet repowering agreement with Big Bus Tours. Following on from an initial contract with the world’s largest sightseeing company – announced in September 2023 – to repower 10 double-deck, open-top buses with its zero emission electric drivetrain technology, Equipmake has n...

With 3,749 buses registered in 2023, the Spanish bus market grew 54% compared to 2022 data. The data, provided by consulting MSI, were published on the Spanish trade media Carril Bus. Mercedes led the market with 946 buses, +88% on 2022 (and a market share of 25%, increasing the 20% covered in 2022)...

Bus business grew 19% in 2023 for MAN Truck & Bus. The group has just announced its yearly results, with 116,000 vehicles delivered globally during the year, with an increase of 37% compared to the previous year. In addition, 11,600 engines were sold. Truck sales developed particularly posi...