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Proterra has been selected by Capital Metro in one of the largest electric bus purchases in North America. The company that designs and manufactures electric transit buses and electric charging systems disclosed that Capital Metro has approved a plan to purchase 26 Proterra ZX5 Max 40-foot electric ...

Bluebus launches a new version of its 6-metre e-bus. After ten years in operation and over 15 million km travelled, the vehicles has been redesigned. The main new feature is related to passenger capacity: on board there is room for up to 35 passengers. It means «a 25% gain compared to the previous v...

It’s time for a roadshow in Slovenia, Spain and Austria for the eTrain developed by Austrian startup eVersum. The company is ready to present its innovative applications in several European markets. The first prototype launched in operation is the eShuttle. eVersum is active in the manufacturi...

Keolis has won two contracts for the suburban transport network in the Alpes-Maritimes (France) with the launch of a fleet of full-electric vehicles by 2023. What is more, the fleet is not operating in an urban environment: it is the first electrification pledge in France to involve a suburban bus n...

Volvo BZL Electric is the name of the new battery-electric bus chassis range launched by the Swedish manufacturer and focused on Australian, Mexican and British markets. With this new launch, Volvo is now able to offer a battery-electric bus chassis to the UK, therefore debuting as a new player in a...

Karsan e-ATA electric bus range has been launched: 10, 12 and 18-meter vehicles have been presented today during an online event: now the e-bus range from the Turkish manufacturer ranges from 6 to 18 meters, being 6-meter and 8-meter Karsan Jest Electric and Karsan Atak Electric already in productio...

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Over 60 years experience in the railway motor’s business since a few years ‘poured’ into the electric bus market in the last decade. Austrian company TSA (Traktionssysteme Austria) has provided so far electric motors for vehicles operating in more than 60 countries all over the world. The ...

An 8-meter e-bus for the cities, and a CNG-powered coach for intercity routes. Anadolu Isuzu is launching on the European markets two vehicles targeting two specific segments. An effort that shows how the company has been focusing on the development of new technologies for more environmentally frien...

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A new supply is going to bring to 411 the zero emission buses in Santiago de Chile. A few days ago the Chilean Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, announced a new order for 183 BYD electric buses for the Chilean capital city. They are expected to arrive already in August ...

A follow-up and a debut. 20 zero emission buses for Madrid and 13 for Vitoria-Gasteiz. Irizar e-mobility secures two orders in the domestic market. What is more, the supply for the capital city will bring to 35 the number of Irizar electric buses in operation for EMT. In the case of Vitoria-Gasteiz,...

A call for tender for 594 electric buses. Chinese manufacturers are on the front line. The maxi order is up for grabs in Colombian capitol city Bogotà, where the city government plans to introduce a large batch of electric buses into the urban public transport system, hitherto monopolised by diesel ...

Arriva Netherlands is scaling up on electric bus deployment. Limburg’s province, in South Netherlands, set an ambitious goal: by 2026 the whole public transport network must be fully electric. The delivery of 55 electric regional buses by VDL Bus & Coach is part of the itinerary that will ...

Volvo articulated electric bus is now… reality. Or, better to say, it’ll be starting from this autumn. Volvo electric bus range is now enriched by the 7900 Electric Articulated. UITP Global Public Transport 2019 in Stockholm has been the occasion for the Swedish company to launch the 18 ...

Around two thirds of city bus operations will be electric by 2030. It’s the assumption that is guiding MAN Truck & Bus along a strategy that is culminating in the mass production of the MAN Lion’s City E from the second half of 2020, following trials that will take place in Hamburg, ...

European Investment Bank (EIB) is granting a 73.5 million euros loan to public transport company TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona). The money will be used to buy 254 new buses. 116 of them will be electric buses. The new vehicles will be delivered according to a timeline that should be con...

An electric bus and a chassis developed for zero emission buses. CaetanoBus will attend the UITP Summit in Stockholm with two “zero emission” products. Both the ebus e.City Gold and the chassis e.CC 100 feature a central electric motor by Siemens. CaetanoBus is also jointly working with ...

15 per cent of Messina public transport buses are now electric. BYD delivered a few days ago as many as 16 zero emission buses to ATM Messina, the operator of the Sicilian city (Italy). The new buses are model K7, thus 8.7 meter long. BYD has now secured over 50% of the total electric bus market [&h...

Seven zero emission buses by Solaris will hit Norwegian cities’ roads under the brands of three different operators. Norgesbuss, Sorlandsruta and Boreal decided to implement their electric fleet which already see Solaris ebuses in operation. Solaris has received sofar more than 500 orders for ...