Interviews

Canadian company Lion Electric has in the electric school bus segment its core business. «We expect over 100,000 school e-buses to be launched in the next decade», says Marc Bédard, the company’s CEO. A new facility is set to allow an increase of production volumes by 20,000 yearly.

Siemens ELFA drivetrains have already left 2 billion kilometers on five continents behind. The modular electric drivetrain and software solution for hybrid, battery, and fuel cell buses and trucks has resulted as an hallmark for the Siemens business unit Commercial Vehicles (CV). How the ELFA techno...

NFI group gets ready for an increase in EV bus orders. The approach? Agnostic: «We are able to produce any kind of vehicle on the same production line». About the transition to fossil-free drivetrains, «we view it as an evolution more than a revolution». Our interview with NFI president and CEO Paul...

«It’s not the bus, which is a mean to an end. The issue is how to power the bus, how to organize the infrastructures around the depots. This is the big planning exercise». Take Jo Bamford words for it. He is chairman and owner of Wrightbus, the North Irish bus manufacturer on the verge of bankruptcy...

How is the PTO’s role evolving together with the current, profoundly evolving, scenario dominated by global megatrends such as energy transition (nonetheless, just impacted by the Covid crisis)? That is the question underlying the conversation Sustainable Bus had with Keolis’ CEO Marie-A...

Less than one week left for UITP India Bus Seminar 2021, that will take place between 15 and 18 June. Good occasion to discuss with the head of UITP India Rupa Nandy, ahead of the meeting, the main issues of Indian public transport and to outline a view on the future of the secto...