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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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New York City Transit has awarded New Flyer with a contract for 15 low floor sixty-foot (i.e. articulated 18 meter) Xcelsior Charge battery-electric, zero emission buses. New Flyer business analytics on the zero emission buses New York City Transit (NYCT) is part of the Metropolitan Transportation A...

Zaragoza (Spain) will have a Solaris Urbino 12 Electric on a trial over some weeks. The line tests will be carried out by the local carrier Avanza Zaragoza. One out of three buses sold by Solaris in 2018 were alternative drive vehicles. During last year, 107 Solaris battery electric buses were deliv...

Not only Chile: BYD delivered 20 electric buses in Ecuador. The buses started operation in Guayaquil, the country’s second biggest city and are deployed by the private bus operator Saucinc. The order follows a pilot held between November 2017 and March 2018: the BYD electric bus carried a tota...

Birmingham Airport has awarded Volvo Bus UK the contract to supply the airport with six Volvo 7900 Electric. The buses are scheduled to start operation in November 2019. They’ll be employed for free passenger transport service via all airport car park routes. Volvo 7900 Electric, 80 % less ene...

Electric buses employed as airport shuttles. It happens in Brussels, where a fleet of BYD ebuses began operations a few days ago for the transport of passengers from the gate to the plane. This is a further effort made by Brussels Airport, which in 2018 declared that it had achieved carbon neutralit...

Electric buses are expensive not only for the customer… but also for the manufacturer. While it is known that an electric bus costs in average more than twice as much as a corresponding diesel model (around 40 per cent goes for the batteries), the costs in research and development of electric ...

TTC Toronto brings to 20 the number of electric buses ordered to New Flyer. After the first order for 10 Xcelsior Charge (with option for further 30), the Toronto Transit Commission recently awarded the Canadian manufacturer with an additional contract for 10 zero emission vehicles. As a first step ...

Volvo to deliver the first electric bus in Ireland. The Gothenburg-based company has been awarded the contract to supply a fully electric bus to the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport Hotel. This will be the first electric bus to go into operation in Ireland and will operate passenger transfers at Dublin A...

From September 2019 an electric bus Heuliez GX 337 Elec will be on a pilot for Italian public transport company ATP Esercizio along the line Genoa – Recco. The announcement was the ‘ice on the cake’ of the conference held a few days ago in Genoa. It came from Alessandro Bernardini,...

Two Solaris Urbino 12 electric for Hamburg started operation a few days ago, further 8 will follow in the next months. Hochbahn Hamburg showcased at the end of 2018 the the first series production model of Mercedes eCitaro. The public transport company ordered 20 electric buses by Mercedes together ...