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Iveco Bus is launching a full electric Crossway Low Entry and is ready to offer mild hybrid modules on Urbanway, Crealis and Crossway Low Entry range. On the Crossway the mild hybrid solution will be offered also combined with gas-drive. The mild hybrid module will be available to order by the end o...

NFI subsidiary New Flyer has received an order for up to 150 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority of Buffalo, New York (NFTA-Metro). To be more specific, the public transport company has issued a five-year contract to NFI subsidiary New Flyer, whi...

With two new contracts, Nobina has been given increased confidence by SL to operate and develop public transport in Huddinge-Botkyrka-Söderort and in Nacka-Värmdö. The contracts largely include electric buses, as it will be the first time that electric buses are introduced on a larg scale in the Sto...

Siemens’ charging technology infrastructure for eco-friendly buses made in Australia. Yes, because the Australian manufacturer Custom Denning has chosen Siemens electric bus charging stations and digital depot management solution for its fleet of fully Australian designed and built Element el...

Twenty Gemilang electric buses start running on the streets of Singapore equipped with Masats Doors. These 100% electric chassis vehicles made by Finnish manufacturer Linkker and built by Malaysian body builder Gemilang were ordered by ST Engineering for Singapore’s LTA Land Transport Authorit...

The plan of the government of Delhi, India, to create an ecologically, socially and financially sustainable public transport network is vigorously taking off. The Delhi Transport Department floated tenders for inducting 140 low floor, air-conditioned electric buses, to strengthen the public transpor...

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The 9-meter Urbino 9 LE electric joins Solaris electric bus family. The new vehicle represents a new add in a battery-electric range that goes now from 9 to 24 meter. The world première of the new electric vehicle took place at the end of September 2021. The 9-metre, low-entry Urbino 9 LE Elect...

Transition to EV fleets is underway: optimization of charging becomes paramount and artificial intelligence is there to help. That’s the business where GridBeyond is involved. The company has indeed developed an AI-powered platform which has the goal of accelerating the transition to a net-zer...

Ten years of e-bus activities in South America: this is Enel X’s ‘business card’ when it comes to the public transport business, a field where the utility group has developed a dedicated range of offers also involving innovative and tailor-made business models. This strategy is also involving Europe...

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Ten electric buses by New Flyer (Canadian subsidiary of Nfi Group) will hit the road of Toronto for a first pilot decided by the Toronto Transit Commission (Ttc). The order of Xcelsior Charge includes an option for another 30 electric buses over the next two years. Besides, the plan of Ttc is to tur...

Oslo is turning greener step by step, and Volvo Buses has received an order for 17 Volvo 7900 Electric buses from Norgesbuss. In the Norwegian capital will also go into service 40 electric buses (thirty articulated and ten 12 meters) by Vdl Bus & Coach, that will be deployed by the operator Unib...

Electric bus. Their name is Solaris Urbino 12 Electric, they wear a nice white and purple “dress” and they are the first units of battery electric bus ever delivered to Romania. Up to now there are 11 of them on the road of Cluj-Napoca, but the order could be extended to 41 in three year...

Alstom Aptis, the electric bus realized by Alstom and Ntl will be delivered from July 2019, with the new design presented at Transport Publics in Paris. The concept, characterized by full low floor, axles offset to each end (and both steerable), rear lounge, has been tested for pilots in several Eu...

Red Bus will introduce the first fully electric bus service in New Zealand. This follows the signing of a deal to purchase three electric buses as part of the commitment of the operator to gradually introducing new innovative technology across Christchurch public transport services. The buses are En...

An electric low floor midi/minibus built in order to meet paratransit (transit of physically challenged persons), transit and urban requirements and able to travel 150 miles (240 km) on a single charge. It’s the project of Lion Electric (Lion), innovative company that recently unveiled its new...

Switzerland makes its first steps in the world of electric articulated buses. The transport company of Basel (Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe BVB) has received a Vdl Citea Slfa-181 Electric in Brt version, for a pilot project that will involve testing on all bus lines in the city. The beginning of the pilo...

Ten electric Solaris Urbino 12 buses will reinforce the fleet of Hamburg public transport operator Hochbahn. In line with the agreement two of the commissioned vehicles shall be supplied in autumn this year. The remaining ones will be handed over in September 2019. Hamburg going to buy only ebuses T...

Electric buses will debut in 2019 on the streets of Lillehammer, in Norway. Volvo Buses has received an order for two Volvo 7900 Electric from the public transport administration company Opplandstrafikk in Lillehammer. Unibuss in charge of the service for public transport and will deploy the electri...

It has been the first tender aiming to the electrification of Bvg fleet in Berlin, starting with 30 electric buses 12 meters long. The transport operator is now checking the offers, and preparing a new tender for articulated buses, electric as well, that allegedly will be released shortly. Bvg and t...