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Ebusco financial results 2022 published. The company is looking for an assembly partner

Ebusco has published its financial results 2022. Data shows a EBITDA loss of €34.8 million “due to the ramp up and supply chain related production inefficiencies” and a net loss for the year of €32.2 million. On the other hand, revenue increased by 360% to €111.6 million “despite d…

Over 1,000 further e-buses funded in Germany. Funding certificates handed over to 59 PTOs

German Federal Ministry of Transport has handed over today funding certificates for 59 transport companies (and around 1,033 electric buses) at VDV e-bus conference ElekBu 2023. From 2021 until today, there has been two so-called “calls” issued by the Federal ministry. They are part of G…

ElekBu 2023: the German expo for e-buses keeps growing

1,200 attendees (with many others in the waiting list), 78 exhibitors, 18 e-buses, 5,000 m2 of exhibition area. These are the main figures of ElekBu 2023 by VDV, on 27 and 28 March in Berlin. The German Federal Minister of Transport, Volker Wissing, is expected to attend and present funding certific…

8,500 e-buses will be operating in Germany in 2030, according to PwC forecast

1,884 buses with zero-emission and electrified drives were operating on Germany’s roads as of 31st December 2022: 620 more than in 2021, an increase of almost 50 percent. The milestone of 2,000 e-buses will thus soon be reached. However, they cover a share of just 3.5 percent. Between 2017 and…

Demand for travel in the US takes off. In a changed environment. Interview with Peter Pantuso, President American Bus Association

Founded in 1926 by private bus companies to represent their interests in Washington, the American Bus Association today encompasses operators and tourism industries. It provides a privileged observatory to understand trends, state of health and developments not only in the bus business but also in t…

Qbuzz intercity operations go electric: Van Hool will deliver 54 15-meter e-buses

Van Hool has signed a contract with Qbuzz (Netherlands) for the supply of 54 battery-electric buses of the model Van Hool A15LE E. These 15-meter e-buses will be used by Qbuzz for regional passenger transport in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe as from the last quarter of 2024. This joins the …

By the end of 2023, there will be 370 MAN Lion’s City E in Scandinavia

Denmark, Norway and Sweden are taking a pioneering role in the electrification of passenger transport. Fully electric MAN Lion’s City E city buses already in service in Copenhagen, Malmö, Gothenborg and Uppsala. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden, MAN Truck & Bus has a service network of 80 loc…

Over 1,000 further e-buses funded in Germany. Funding certificates handed over to 59 PTOs

German Federal Ministry of Transport has handed over today funding certificates for 59 transport companies (and around 1,033 electric buses) at VDV e-bus conference ElekBu 2023. From 2021 until today, there has been two so-called “calls” issued by the Federal ministry. They are part of G…

Qbuzz intercity operations go electric: Van Hool will deliver 54 15-meter e-buses

Van Hool has signed a contract with Qbuzz (Netherlands) for the supply of 54 battery-electric buses of the model Van Hool A15LE E. These 15-meter e-buses will be used by Qbuzz for regional passenger transport in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe as from the last quarter of 2024. This joins the …

The best-selling electric minibus and midibus in Europe? It is (still) the Karsan e-Jest and e-Atak

The Karsan e-Atak has been the leader in Europe for two years in a row in the midibus category. According to the Wim Chatrou-CME Solutions report in 2022, Karsan e-Atak completed the year with a 40 percent market share in the electric midibus segment, becoming precisely the segment leader in Europe …

Qbuzz lands an order for 63 buses with Ebusco

Ebusco has signed a new contract with Qbuzz for the delivery of up to 63 buses. The order involves 45 Ebusco 3.0 12-meter buses and 18 Ebusco 3.0 18-meter buses, four of which are still under option. The buses will hit the road in the provinces Groningen and Drenthe in 2024.  In the concession,…

BVG plans to buy another 350 e-buses (and to install up to 90 chargers at bus stops). Ebusco vehicles are on delivery

Berlin’s public transport company, BVG, is planning to install up to 90 new charging stations in the city to accelerate the electrification of its bus fleet. The news, reported on the German media Tagesspiegel, comes in a moment when the new Ebusco vehicles are on delivery (with 18 units on th…

Hamburg to roll out 5 hydrogen buses by Solaris

Hamburger Hochbahn has ordered 5 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses. These zero-emission vehicles will roll out onto the streets of Hamburg as early as the second quarter of 2024. Hochbahn: why hydrogen? The carrier stated on its website that “Since 2020, there have been battery-electric buses r…

Where are funding for European fuel cell buses coming from?

While being very much a minority of the market (99 units registered in Europe in 2022), sales of fuel cell buses in Europe are in a way a similar story to those of battery-electric buses: much lower than the sales levels in China, but well ahead of most other regions. Hydrogen buses are attractive t…

TPER Bologna has published a tender for 127 fuel cell buses (with option for further 140)

The tender for the purchase of 127 fuel cell buses in Bologna and Ferrara area (with option for further 140 vehicles) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Municipal operator TPER, in agreement with the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Bologna, aims to achieve zero e…

South Korea, from Hyundai 700 hydrogen buses to Incheon

The South Korean city of Incheon, located near the capital Seoul, plans to introduce a total of 700 hydrogen fuel cell (H2) buses on the roads by the end of 2024. A total of 200 of these H2 buses will be put into operation this year, and the rest next year. South Korea’s ministries of [&hellip…

Düsseldorf will deploy 20 fuel cell buses (with public utilities company building electrolyzer)

Düsseldorf has set the goal of become climate neutral by 2035. To this end, the city’s public utilities company Stadtwerke Düsseldorf and public transportation company Rheinbahn are investing in hydrogen technology, together with battery-electric mobility. The starting point for the joint comm…

The first order for Solaris 18m fuel cell bus comes from Aschaffenburg (Germany)

The German transport company Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg Verkehrs GmbH turned to Solaris with an order for 12 fuel cell buses: 10 Urbino 12 hydrogen units and 2 Urbino 18 hydrogen buses, which will operate in the Lower Franconia region. This order marks Solaris’s first for the 18-meter hydrogen-p…

First Bus to convert Leicester site into fully electrified bus depot on the way to deploy 86 e-buses in the city

First Bus‘ depot in Leicester is set to become one of the UK’s first electrified bus depots outside of London. The operator has announced that Leicester site will join York and Norwich. Therefore, First Bus will have three fully electrified bus depots outside of the capital. What is more, this…

Fast charging station built in Basel on the way to full electrification of bus fleet by 2027

Basel’s public transport company, Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB), has completed the construction of a charging station for electric buses at the Kleinhüningen stop near Hochbergerplatz. The charging station, which took eleven months to build, will supply renewable energy to the city’s gr…

Enel X will electrify the Autoguidovie depot in Crema

Enel X and Autoguidovie, a relationship that is renewed and strengthened. In fact, the operator has assigned the utility to build electrical infrastructure at the Crema site. Final goal? Even more sustainable public transportation. Specifically, it is a depot needed for the operation of ten electric…

There’s room for over 100 vehicles in Northern Europe’s largest e-bus depot (powered by Kempower)

The largest electric bus depot in Northern Europe is now fully functional in Aalborg, Denmark. Kempower has provided its DC fast charging technology to GodEnergi A/S for the depot, which can charge more than 100 electric buses at the same time. Kempower-powered electric bus depot in Aalborg GodEnerg…

First application on commercial vehicles for WiTricity wireless chargers (with Yutong)

Wireless EV charging company WiTricity, the leader in wireless EV charging, announced a collaboration with Yutong to provide wireless charging for the Chinese brand’s autonomous buses. This marks “the first-ever commercial application of wireless charging for an autonomous electric e-bus…

Sustainable Bus Tour 2023. In the agenda: EU policy framework, energy transition in the Americas, on-demand transportation

The 3rd edition of the Sustainable Bus Tour is set to begin in May. It’ll consist on trio of webinars focusing on a series of key topics such as the new European policy framework for CO2 reduction from heavy-duty vehicles, the process of decarbonization of bus fleets in Latin and North America…

*REPLAY AVAILABLE* for the webinar “MaaS and the future of urban mobility” broadcasted on December 6th

Smart ticketing. Contactless paying. Dematerialized ticketing. Seamless mobility. Intermodal travels. In one acronym: MaaS, i.e. Mobility as a Service. In broader sense: increasing the appeal of public transport by making traveling on buses, trams, trains and shared mobility vehicles easier. Yes, bu…

‘Energy transition out of city centers’: VIDEO AVAILABLE for the web event featuring Busworld, Transdev, Arriva, Flixbus, Iveco Bus, Twaice, ChargePoint

On Friday 28th October we have organized the web event ‘Energy transition out of city center‘, part of the second edition of the Sustainable Bus Tour. Reason of such a topic is simple : in the public transport world, out of cities the commitment to energy transition goes along with quest…

Towards the web event “Energy transition out of city centers”. Save the date for 28th October!

Are batteries going to allow long distance operations without compromising passenger or luggage capacity? Is CNG a viable solution in the long term? What about LNG? How long should we expect before hydrogen becomes a feasible (and affordable) technology for coaches? These are all answ…

TCO and financing models. Focus on “The economics of zero emission buses” at the Sustainable Bus Tour web event (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Today, 19th May, we have been broadcasting the web event “The economics of zero emission buses. Costs, trends and tools to support the transition“, featuring introductions by Bocconi University and UITP and contributions by Transport for London, TMB Barcelona, Iveco Bus, ChargePoint, Str…

The web event ‘Powering the future of public transport’ (*REPLAY AVAILABLE*)

The webinar was opened by an overview by UITP and gathered contributions from cities embarked on the way to the transition to e-buses, such as Brisbane, and from PTOs represented in the German organization VDV. Finally, the point of view of the bus builder has been represented by Ebusco‘s CEO Peter …

ADASTEC, the focus on the automation of transit buses. Our interview with CEO Ali Ufuk Peker

ADASTEC is the company behind the Karsan Autonomous e-Atak, the driverless 8-meter bus by Karsan. They focus on automation in the bus business. We met the CEO Ali Ufuk Peker at Busworld North America in Detroit in February. In this interview he outlines background, strategies and business model of t…

Dakar on the way to deploy Africa’s first 100% e-bus fleet (on a BRT). CarMedialab to take care of charging management

The Senegalese capital Dakar plans to restructure its transport network by 2025 with the help of a Bus Rapid Transit project operated exclusively with electric buses. One year ago infrastructure investor Meridiam signed the concession contract for the project, that sees Meridian working togethe…

TUSGSAL utilizes tirn technology’s ZEB simulator to plan the decarbonization of its bus fleet

Slovakian startup tirn technology has won a pilot project announced by the Spanish carrier TUSGSAL and EIT Urban Mobility in search of an innovative solution to collaborate on the operator’s decarbonization strategy in Barcelona metropolitan area. Within the project, tirn technology ZEB s…

Via grows at $3.5B valuation thanks to financing round

Via announces it has closed a financing round led by 83North, with participation from new and existing investors including Exor N.V., Pitango, Janus Henderson, CF Private Equity, Planven Entrepreneur Ventures, Riverpark Ventures, and ION Crossover Partners. The round values Via at $3.5B, at the same…

Cybersecurity, Twaice gets Tisax certification

Twaice gets the Tisax label for cybersecurity in the automotive industry. In fact, the battery analysis software provider announces that it has obtained Tisax certification for cybersecurity in the automotive industry. Tisax, which stands for “Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange,&…