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Battery electric vs hydrogen buses: what matters when choosing?

Battery electric buses lead the overall assessment in a new international study based on the views of 34 experts. Hydrogen gains ground when rapid refuelling and operational flexibility carry greater weight. For operators and authorities, the findings show why technology selection needs to bring tog...

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The bus industry’s smartphone moment

On 18 March 1895, at 6:25 in the morning, the world’s first motor bus line opened between Siegen, Netphen and Deuz. The vehicle was a Benz Landauer. It had eight seats, a one-cylinder engine of five horsepower, and fifteen kilometres of bad road ahead of it. On the steepest hill, the passengers had ...

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Tallin makes electric plans. A full bus fleet transition by 2035

650 electric buses to be purchased by 2035. Tallin public transport company is planning a quick transition to a fully electric bus fleet. Surprisingly the plan would reportedly include the abandon not only of the internal combustion engine buses (some gas buses are yet to be delivered) but also of t...

Mercedes eCitaro, Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr follows Hamburg and Berlin

From the end of January three Mercedes eCitaro will be operating in Mannheim and Heidelberg for the operator Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH. This delivery follows the ones in Hamburg and Berlin. The zero emission bus, equipped with a ZF electric axle (the same adopted by the Solaris Urbino electric), has...

Hess wins a 50 trolleybuses supply for Salzburg

The Swiss company Hess won a trolleybus tender issued by Salzburg, which has one of the largest trolleybus fleets in Western Europe in operation. The framework contract includes the supply of up to 50 vehicles, 15 of which are 18-metre trolleybuses and are to be delivered next year. The agreement al...

Solaris vs Mercedes for the 250 electric buses tendered in Milan

250 electric buses for ATM Milan, a challenge between Mercedes and Solaris. eCitaro vs Urbino. Iveco (or better: Heuliez) hasn’t submitted any bid. The tender issued by Atm Milan for 250 units of 12 meter electric bus is one of the largest so far issued in Europe for this category of bus. And ...
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