ional data for research. This deployment not only provides safe, accessible, and sustainable mobility for students and staff but also creates a living laboratory for automotive and mobility research. The initiative highlights the potential for autonomous electric buses to transform campus and urban transit, advancing connected vehicle technology and future mobility solutions. (ADASTEC press release on August 22, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/26

BlueOval SK begins battery production at Glendale plant BlueOval SK announced that it began battery production at its first plant in Glendale, Kentucky on August 19, 2025. The Kentucky 1 battery facility will produce batteries for the Ford F-150 Lightning and the extended range Ford E-Transit. BlueOval SK was established in July 2022 as a joint venture between Ford and SK On. The two companies invested USD 11.4 billion in the development of two b...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/21

HERE Technologies and Samsara partner to enhance fleet mapping and geolocation HERE Technologies announced a partnership with Samsara Inc. to integrate HERE’s advanced mapping and geolocation services into the Samsara Connected Operations Platform. The collaboration enhances routing precision, dispatch efficiency, and real-time visibility for fleets across trucking, delivery, public transit, and logistics. By combining HERE’s geospatial intel...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/21

Nova Bus receives order for 120 LFSe+ electric buses from Calgary Transit Nova Bus announced that it was awarded a contract to provide 120 LFSe+ electric city buses for Calgary Transit, complementing its current fleet of CNG and diesel buses. Production of the LFSe+ buses for Calgary Transit is expected to begin in 2027 at Nova Bus’s manufacturing plants in St-Eustache, Quebec and St-Francois-du-Lac, Quebec. The LFSe+ electric bus features a 56...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/20

e complex yards, dock, and recharge without human intervention. The companies say the solution addresses one of the biggest barriers to fleet electrification, manual charging logistics, by cutting downtime, reducing labor costs, and maximizing vehicle uptime. The first integration will use a Ford E-Transit, equipped with Steer’s autonomous platform and Hevo’s charging system, with demonstrations planned for Fall 2025 at Hevo’s Brooklyn head...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/19

Guident to deploy MiCa autonomous shuttles in Florida city Guident has partnered with the City of Boca Raton, Florida, to launch an autonomous shuttle public transportation service in fall 2025. The initial route will run a 0.6-mile loop within Mizner Park, with plans to expand to a 2.6-mile loop reaching Royal Palm Place. The one-year pilot, operated with Circuit Transit, will feature the MiCa SAE Level 4 fully autonomous electric shuttle, devel...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/14

Marcopolo supplies 95 buses to major public transit operator in Brazil On July 23, Marcopolo announced its largest-ever delivery of electric bus bodies, supplying 95 units to Sambaíba Transportes Urbanos, a major public transit operator in São Paulo. The buses, built on Mercedes-Benz eO500 U chassis, will serve routes in the northern part of the city. Each Attivi Low Entry unit measures 13.25 meters in length and accommodates up to 80 passenger...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/05

KLM delivers 200 BRT buses to Tanzania On July 26, Xiamen King Long Motor Group Co., Ltd. (KLM) announced the recent delivery of 200 BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) buses to Tanzania. This marks China’s largest volume of BRT bus exports to Africa in 2025. The first batch of these 18m-long buses is expected to arrive in Tanzania in mid-August and be used for the second phase of a DART (Dar Rapid Transit Agency) project in September. From a KLM press rel...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/01

Ford to supply 2,400 more electric vans to DHL in Germany by 2025 On July 24, DHL Group announced that Ford will supply 2,400 additional electric vans by the end of 2025 as part of their ongoing collaboration in e-mobility. These new vehicles, including the E-Transit, and the smaller E-Transit Custom, will further expand DHL’s delivery fleet in Germany. The new addition will bring the total number of Ford Pro e-vans in Deutsche Post and DHL’...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/28

g the department would rehire in certain areas if needed. Overall, the Department of Transportation is projected to drop from 57,000 jobs down to 52,862 by the end of the new incentive program. That includes a reduction of about 25% of the staff at the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration each, and the Federal Aviation Administration will drop from 46,250 jobs down to 44,208. Total government resignations and earl...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/23

drogen tanks, providing approximately 50% additional fuel capacity and extending the vehicle range by as much as 120 miles. With this feature, the Xcelsior CHARGE FC can cover longer routes and more demanding duty cycles more efficiently. This announcement is being made in partnership with Humboldt Transit Authority in northern California, one of the first agencies to deploy the extended range option in its fleet, exceeding expectations in both r...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/18

Suez Canal Authority expects 20% increase in car carrier tonnage in second half of 2025 On July 15, the Suez Canal Authority announced that it is anticipating a minimum 20% increase in the tonnage of vehicle carriers transiting through the Canal in the second half of 2025 compared to the first half of the same year. The BYD XI'AN, one of the world’s largest vehicle carriers, recently made its first passage through the Suez Canal. The ship is tr...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/17

Ford Pro sales increase 53% y-o-y in H1 in Brazil On July 15, Ford Brazil announced that Ford Pro achieved a record month in June and closed the first half of 2025 with a 53% increase in sales compared to the same period in 2024. More than 1,100 units of the Ranger and Transit were sold in June, marking the best monthly performance for Ford’s commercial vehicle division in South America since its launch in 2021. The Ranger led this growth with ...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/16

New Flyer buses with Allison eGen Flex hybrid propulsion system going to Maryland On July 14, Allison Transmission announced the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration has selected New Flyer buses equipped with the Allison eGen Flex hybrid propulsion system to operate in the metropolitan Baltimore region. The 40-foot electric-hybrid buses will be built in 2025. The eGen Flex system is engineered to advance the effic...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/16

IAV, Germany establishes shielded test chamber for cybersecurity in operation On July 7, IAV announced that it has established a test chamber at the Gifhorn site that is hermetically shielded from radio networks. Vehicles up to the size of medium-duty vehicles, such as the largest version of a VW Crafter or Ford Transit, can fit in the "shielding chamber." It is part of the Cybersecurity Lab.  Since no radio waves penetrate inside, none escape o...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/11

New Flyer receives order for 124 Xcelsior Charge NG buses from Ottawa OC Transpo On July 9, NFI Group subsidiary New Flyer Industries Canada ULC announced a significant order from OC Transpo, in Ottawa. The order includes 124 Xcelsior CHARGE NG 40-foot battery-electric transit buses. This order is an option off New Flyer’s 2023 agreement with the Toronto Transit Commission and was part of New Flyer’s Q1 2025 backlog. These new buses build on ...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/11

al Revenue Code to remove pickups from the list of exempt vehicles, which now only includes purely electric vehicles.  The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has instructed auto manufacturers, importers, and assemblers to submit inventories of all pickup units as of June 30, 2025, including those in transit, to ensure compliance. (From an article of Inquirer.net on July 8, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/09

Ford introduces AWD E-Transit Custom in EU for enhanced capability On July 3, Ford announced it is introducing a new high-capability all-wheel drive (AWD) model into its electric E-Transit Custom van line-up in the EU, suiting customers requiring enhanced traction, such as businesses in the Nordic, Alpine and Highlands regions or leisure vehicle users. Ford engineers created the advanced AWD system for the E-Transit Custom by developing the exist...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/04

 Escape, 2020-2022    •    Expedition, 2020-2021    •    Explorer, 2020-2024    •    F-150, 2019-2020    •    F-250 HD, 2020-2022    •    Fusion, 2019-2020    •    Maverick, 2022-2024    •    Mustang, 2019-2023    •    Ranger, 2019-2023    •    Transit, 2020-2023    •    Transit Connect, 2018-2022 Lincoln:    •    Aviator, 2020-2023    •    Continental, 2019-2020    •  ...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/04

e, CP AXTRA becomes the first company in Thailand’s wholesale and retail sector to implement an EV fleet at this scale for logistics operations. The new fleet features zero emissions, low-noise operation, greater cargo capacity, and precise temperature control to preserve product freshness during transit.This shift is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 300 tons per year, reinforcing CP AXTRA’s goal of achieving Net Zero emission...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/30